Consider how the people of the time understood the issue of slavery. In 150 to 200 words, explain the following law and how the
people in the society might have changed or regulated their behavior based on reading this law. What would you do? Clearly state why you would make that choice. 16. If anyone receive into his house a runaway male or female slave of the court, or of a freedman, and does not bring it out at the public proclamation of the major domus, the master of the house shall be put to death.
If you bring a runaway slave into your home and don't report it, the head of the household will be put to death. I'm guessing that during the time, kidnapping people for more labor work to be done was illegal, especially when it was done without permission by The Public Proclomation of the Major Domus.
The Way Society Changed:
Before the law was passed, this would be done constantly to keep possessions they didn't want to trade or to save currency (whatever currency was at the time). After it was passed, people had to start notifying the PPMD about the enslavements so their heads won't get hacked off.
descent noun (RELATION) [ U ] the state or fact of being related to a particular person or group of people who lived in the past: She's a woman of mixed/French descent. They trace their line of descent back to a French duke.
Mama and papa mean when they take about the Hammers way of doing things is that They mean that Hammer handles things more violently and he doesn't listen to reason or care about the consequences of his actions.
