Slavery

Abstract Chapter 4 addresses the boundary between dominant and subordinate groups under slavery, an institution rooted in a violent relationship toward people who occupy an alienated and dishonored social status. Unfree individuals are bound to persons, not to land or fiefdoms. Micro-segregation arises because barriers to escape and insubordination among enslaved people coincide with a parasitic association between enslavers and those enslaved. The chapter examines historical instances of micro-