If
a master makes his slave ownerless, the slave is free, but requires a
letter of emancipation (Get), because he did not acquire himself.
 However,
when a convert dies without children or wife, his adult slaves go free
and do not need a Get, because they become their own masters, then free
themselves.
A slavewoman begged her dying master to free her. He
threw her a hat intending for her to acquire herself through
"exchange". But he did not achieve anything - not because a letter of
emancipation was still needed, but because the hat was h |
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