Where sales have been made of slaves at a certain time, in the division
of the same there shall be no separation of parents and children, but
all shall be transferred together to the purchaser. Where a Jew has
been proved to have obtained property by fraud, from the ancestors of
any person, he shall be deprived of it, and it shall be forfeited to
the royal treasury. Any slaves belonging to the Jews, who have been
baptized, shall, with their children, be returned to their masters, and
be liberated by them; and any property they may have acquired shall be
given them along with their freedom. Those who have no property shall
be aided by the person who sets them free, as far as he is able to do
so; and said emancipated slaves shall be classed as other freedmen, and
shall be taxed in proportion to the property they own.
=XIV. Under no Circumstances shall Christian Slaves Attach themselves
to Jews, or be Admitted into their Sect.=
We provide for the health and safety of our subjects, and of all
other persons within the provinces of our kingdom, when we rescue the
adherents of our religion from the hands of infidels. For, by this
means, the orthodox faith will be greatly exalted, when the execrable
perfidy of the Jews shall no longer have power over Christians. The
fatal control of Jews over Christians should therefore be abominated,
and the people consecrated by the favor of God brought under the
influence of Divine Love. Therefore, we promulgate the following
law, to be forever obeyed, and admonish every royal officer, in all
future times: that, from the first year of our reign no Jew shall be
permitted to have a freeborn Christian, or a Christian slave, under
his patronage, or in his service. Nor shall a Jew be allowed to employ
any such person for hire, or avail himself of his services, under any
pretext whatsoever. A Jew shall, however, be permitted to sell his
slave, for a just price, to a Christian, under proper circumstances,
anywhere he resides within the limits of our kingdom. It shall not be
lawful to sell such slaves in foreign countries, unless it should be
proved that said slaves reside there. Where slaves sold by Jews into
foreign countries, as aforesaid, have no property of their own, the
vendor shall give to said slaves such sums as, in the opinion of the
purchaser, will be sufficient for supporting and clothing them; and
this is provided in order that a transaction concluded under the name
of purchase, may not appear to be exile.
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