urth-urth.net Digest, Vol 6, Issue 10
The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 05 Feb 2005
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Jim Raylor — 05 Feb 2005, 18:32

Just to makr it clear, I never intended to suggest
Gene Wolfe was in favour of slavery, just that his
understanding of it in historical context was deeper
than the usual one-sided view.
Before the Severian dynasty gave citizenshop to all
freemen in the Empire (212 AD),a slave in a good Roman
household had more rights and social standing than
most free non-Romans.

Latro never saw Io as a slave, but that seems to be
how she sees herself, albeit a slave who actually
chooses her destiny.

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