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Thomas Aquinas · Summa Theologica, Second Half · 736 of 935

Supp. · Question 52: Of the Impediment of the Condition of Slavery (four Articles)

Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province

OF THE IMPEDIMENT OF THE CONDITION OF SLAVERY (FOUR ARTICLES)

We must now consider the impediment of the condition of slavery. Under this head there are four points of inquiry:

(1) Whether the condition of slavery is an impediment to matrimony?

(2) Whether a slave can marry without his master's consent?

(3) Whether a man who is already married can make himself a slave without his wife's consent?

(4) Whether the children should follow the condition of their father or of their mother?