urth-urth.net Digest, Vol 6, Issue 10

Jim Raylor · 05 Feb 2005, 18:32 · from 2005-February.txt.gz

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From: rjraylor at yahoo.co.uk (Jim Raylor)
Date: Sat Feb  5 18:32:54 2005
Subject: (urth) Re: urth-urth.net Digest, Vol 6, Issue 10
In-Reply-To: <20050205200419.D997598969 at che.dreamhost.com>
Message-ID: <20050206023251.47105.qmail at web25704.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

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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