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Images of two shackled enslaved men (center and right, covered only by loincloths, being led only a Roman soldier (left)

ANCIENT ENSLAVED CHRISTIANS

Explore the world of enslaved Christian workers in the first and second centuries CE

Start a search across records on enslaved workers in ancient history

About

Ancient Enslaved Christians is a collaborative digital resource that compiles and makes publicly accessible the material and literary evidence for enslaved Christian workers in the first and second centuries CE.

0010 St Paul, imprisoned, ends the Letter to the Ephesus and hands it to Tychicus. Gustave

Identifying
Enslaved Individuals

In keeping with the principles of this project we include all individuals who might reasonably have been said to be enslaved or formerly enslaved (freed person). This includes those identified based on their name and/or profession. The rationale for each individual's identification as an enslaved or potentially enslaved person is explained in the commentary on each entry.

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