Bibliotheca Sacra, Volume 2.
“With the Romans, a slave passed indeed for a human being, but one without any personal rights” (Page 571)
“the whole population fell into two classes, the liberi and the servi, the free, and the not free, or the slaves” (Page 567)
“the master renounced his power forever, and its consequence was unrestricted freedom, and citizenship” (Page 574)
“idea of freedom was defined by the Romans only in a negative manner” (Page 567)
“the master had entire right of property in the slave” (Page 571)