Montesquieu — "Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to a ma…"

Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to a master such a power over his slave as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.
Montesquieu — Montesquieu Early Modern · Separation of powers

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The Spirit of the Laws, Book XV, Chapter 1: Of Slavery

Date: 1748

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