Handel żywym towarem. List 10* i 24* świętego Augustyna (ze zbioru J. Divjaka)
Human trafficking. Letter 10* and 24*of St. Augustine (from J. Divjak collection)

Summary/Abstract: In Letter 10* and 24*, which were translated here, Augustine acts as a judge and within jurisdiction of audientia episcopalis addresses the issue of human trafficking, the kidnapping of women and children, as well as socio-legal situation of those free citizens who, for the sake of their poverty, belonged to the coloni, that is the lowest social class (humiliores) in North Africa. Augustine takes over an office of defensor plebis (defender of the common people), raising the doubts and questions concerning illegal trade and above all the enslavement of free people, especially the practice of kidnapping of women and children.

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