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Quiz for Primary Source 7.5: Slavery in Justinian’s Law Code

1. According to the Digest, which of these was one of the principle ways in which a person became a slave?

As a result of being captured in battle

As a result of being convicted of a crime

As a result of his or her skin color or ethnicity

As a result of his or her religion

2. How did the Digest categorize a person who concealed a fugitive slave?

As a kind, but misguided, person

As a murderer

As a thief

As an enemy of the state

3. In which of these ways did the Codex acknowledge the humanity of slaves?

By forbidding the separation of slave families

By decreeing that all slaves be freed at age forty-five

By granting freedom to slaves who converted to Orthodox Christianity

By granting slaves the right to sue their masters for mistreatment or abuse