Taxing Freedom in Thessalian Manumission Inscriptions
Rachel Zelnick-Abramovitz
Taxing Freedom in Thessalian Manumission Inscriptions
Rachel Zelnick-Abramovitz
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In Taxing Freedom Rachel Zelnick-Abramovitz examines the nature, the purpose, and the historical and economic context of payments made to the polis by manumitted slaves, as recorded in manumission inscriptions from Hellenistic and Roman Thessaly.
"In this useful contribution, Rachel Zelnick-Abramovitz, the author of a very important monograph on Greek freedmen, re-examines the Thessalian manumission records in the light of comparative evidence from other areas, in order to establish the nature of this sum paid by Thessalian freedmen: did it constitute a manumission tax, or was it a fee for registering the manumissions? In the process, she examines various aspects of Thessalian slavery and its political, economic and social history." Kostas Vlassopoulos, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2014.08.35.
Rachel Zelnick-Abramovitz, Ph.D. (1996), Tel-Aviv University, is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Classics, Tel-Aviv University. She has published extensively on manumitted slaves and other non-citizens groups, including Not Wholly Free (Brill, 2005).
"In this useful contribution, Rachel Zelnick-Abramovitz, the author of a very important monograph on Greek freedmen, re-examines the Thessalian manumission records in the light of comparative evidence from other areas, in order to establish the nature of this sum paid by Thessalian freedmen: did it constitute a manumission tax, or was it a fee for registering the manumissions? In the process, she examines various aspects of Thessalian slavery and its political, economic and social history." Kostas Vlassopoulos, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2014.08.35.
Rachel Zelnick-Abramovitz, Ph.D. (1996), Tel-Aviv University, is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Classics, Tel-Aviv University. She has published extensively on manumitted slaves and other non-citizens groups, including Not Wholly Free (Brill, 2005).