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===Fourth Statement=== | ===Fourth Statement=== | ||
{{quote|THAT the teaching of the Church and tradition of the Empire be affirmed that no subject of the Kingdom may be held in slavery to another, and that no subject of the Kingdom, in territories foreign or domestic, within the Empire or without, may hold another man as a slave as it is incongruent with the dignity of the human person;}} | {{quote|THAT the teaching of the Church and tradition of the Empire be affirmed that no subject of the Kingdom may be held in slavery to another, and that no subject of the Kingdom, in territories foreign or domestic, within the Empire or without, may hold another man as a slave as it is incongruent with the dignity of the human person;}} | ||
The Fourth Statement deals with the legality of slavery, which it prohibits. In the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] of which [[Urcea]] was a part, slavery had [[Slavery_in_Great_Levantia#Formal_abolition_of_slavery|been banned in large part since the early medieval period]] with the exception of galley slavery. Slavery was not legally prohibited abroad, however, prior to the promulgation of the Great Bull, and it was legally permisible to keep non-Christians in bondage in some circumstances. When the Bull was promulgated, it had the effect of banning slavery in [[New Archduchy]], Urcea's only overseas possession where slavery was used by 1811. Courts have generally held that this Statement refers to both {{wp|indentured servitude}} | The Fourth Statement deals with the legality of slavery, which it prohibits. In the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] of which [[Urcea]] was a part, slavery had [[Slavery_in_Great_Levantia#Formal_abolition_of_slavery|been banned in large part since the early medieval period]] with the exception of galley slavery. Slavery was not legally prohibited abroad, however, prior to the promulgation of the Great Bull, and it was legally permisible to keep non-Christians in bondage in some circumstances. When the Bull was promulgated, it had the effect of banning slavery in [[New Archduchy]], Urcea's only overseas possession where slavery was used by 1811. Courts have generally held that this Statement refers to both {{wp|indentured servitude}}, {{wp|chattel slavery}}, and other types of property-based bondage specifically and does not relate to the use of {{wp|prison labor}}. | ||
===Fifth Statement=== | ===Fifth Statement=== | ||