Talk:Freedman

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Contents 1 Roman Slaves 2 Holding Office? 3 Capitalisation 4 Move To "Freedperson" 5 Can't find a source

[edit] Roman Slaves

Current article says:

It was the exceptional feature of ancient Rome that almost all slaves freed by Roman owners automatically received Roman citizenship.

And yet on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manumission it says;

In Rome former slaves... did not gain all the rights of a Roman citizen.

This disparity needs to be corrected or better explained. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.84.54.6 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Holding Office?

According to this PBS article, freed slaves gained full citizenship with the exception that they weren't permitted to hold office (their children gained full unrestricted citizenship). I seem to recall some other caveats, but I don't remember details. This still counts as "exceptional" by the standards of the time; compare Athens, where freed slaves and their children were considered resident aliens (metics) rather than citizens. --Delirium 16:39, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Capitalisation

Is it Freedmen, or freedmen? DiggyG 07:20, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Move To "Freedperson"

Please move the article to "Freedperson" and change all instances of "man" to "person", I beg you please.70.74.35.53 23:41, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Can't find a source

That uses this term except in reference to US slavery. Although other cultures had slaves who became free the word "Freedman" is tied to the US. I think we may need to rewrite this article to refelct that. futurebird 17:06, 27 October 2007 (UTC)