Time Enough for Love
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Time Enough for Love is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, first published in 1973. The book made the shortlist for the Nebula, Hugo and Locus awards for best science ficti
First edition cover (1973)
Manumission
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Manumission, or enfranchisement, is the act of freeing slaves by their owners. Different approaches to manumission were developed, each specific to the time and place of a particular society. Historia
Time Enough for Love
…laziness". Lazarus tells of his visit as an interplanetary cargo trader to a planet, where he bought a pair of slaves, brother and sister, and immediately manumitted them. Because they had no knowledge of independent living or any education, Lazarus teaches them "how to be human" during the voyage. The two were the…
Relief depicting the manumission of two slaves, with pileus hats (1st century BC, Musée royal de Mariemont, Belgium.
Original manumission for Gowan Pamphlet of the Colony of Virginia, which freed him from slavery. Signed by his owner, David Miller. c. 1793.
Letter where one can read that the slave Geraldo will be free with the condition of working for another 6 years (Brazil).