Roman Slavery the Slaves of Term Paper

This allowed the landowner to have more land worked by more people for less since it was not his responsibility to provide for these people as he would have to in order to maintain a slave, now would they have to invest in the initial purchase of such laborers as he would a slave. Once this trend started many farmers preferred not to invest into slavery because they saw it as a declining market. Naturally the slaves themselves were considered eligible for liquidation of assets, so if a farmer were to invest a large sum to purchase a slave and yet not have the potential to sell this same slave for a higher price (because of the skills and training they had received while working in their household) at a later date then this would logically be seen as a bad investment.Eventually the laws of supply and demand took over and the slave industry was finally put to rest.

Works Cited

Kagan, Donald, Steven Osmet, and Frank Turner. The Western Heritage. New Jersey: Prentice

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