The question one must ask, even as an ardent capitalist, is whether capitalism is master or slave to man.

ECONOMIST: A voice of dissent

Often slaves were freed upon the death of the master or mistress, whose will might include legacies of money to enable the manumitted slave to wed and earn a living.

WSJ: Less Familiar Faces | Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe | Princeton University Art Museum | By Barrymore Laurence Scherer