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is master, did but languish of his wounds for a day, the owner escaped with impunity; for the slave was his master's money. It is even probable, that, at a later period, a man's family might be sold for the payment of debts. Exodus, XXI. 4, 5, 6, 7. 21. Matthew, XVIII. 25 The countries that bordered on Palestine were equally familiar with domestic servitude; and, like Babylon, Tyre also, the oldest and most famous commercial city of Phenicia, was a market for the persons of men. Ezekiel, XXVII. 13. Revelation, XVIII. 13. The Scythians of the desert had already established slavery throughout the plains and forests of the unknown north. Old as are the traditions of Greece, the existence of slavery is older. The wrath of Achilles grew out of a quarrel for a slave; the Grecian dames had crowds of servile attendants; the heroes before Troy made excursions into the neighboring villages and towns to enslave the inhabitants. Greek pirates, roving, like the corsairs of Barbar