3.3.4 The Disappearance of Slavery

What percentage of the English population were slaves during Edward the Confessor’s reign

10%

What were some common sources of slaves in Anglo-Saxon England

Captured in war or raids, or born into slavery

How did the Normans contribute to the decline of slavery in England

They moved away from slavery in favour of rent paying tenants imposed their own values

What economic reason led Norman lords to prefer tenants over slaves

Tenants paid rent and were cheaper to maintain than slaves

What moral concern did the church have about slavery

It encouraged concubinage and led to illegitimate children

What role did Archbishop Lanfranc play in fighting slavery

He urged the king to stop the export of slaves from ports like Bristol and Lewes

What did the ninth law of William the Conqueror prohibit

The sale of any man abroad, punishable by fine

What did William do in 1081 to show opposition to slavery

Freed many hundred of men during a campaign in Wales

How much did the number of slaves in Essex drop between 1066 and 1086

By 25 percent

What did the monk Lawrence of Durham say about the Normans and slavery

They (the English) found that foreigner treated them better than they had treated themselves