Society is faced with many problems today. For example there is economic exploitation as well as questions of race and gender.

After the slaves became property of the Romans, they were treated severely, but these treatments varied in some places. The Romans changed their view by treating their slaves harshly after they made contact with the Greeks who treated their slaves fairly. The Romans learned from the Greeks and began treating their slaves better; they preferred to treat them fairly. This way they could obtain more from them. Slaves worked under different conditions and different places to make life easier for the rich and middle families of Rome. A slave began to work in any area he or she was assigned. One of the hardest types of work was in the mines, and many of them preferred to die before going there. Another area in which slaves worked was on the fields. They also assisted the Romans in their business such as in crafts.

The impact of slavery on the moral character of both the slave and the master was in different conditions. When a person was classified as a slave, the person's rights were decreased considerably. The slave became the property or a thing of its master, with no rights of his or her own other than to please his master. (Slavery, pg. 3). The slave only retained a few human rights. Slaves viewed as humans were allowed to have some personal things. These personal things consisted of what slaves could use in various ways. One of their rights was that they could buy their freedom only if they had enough money to cover their value. Also, some of the human rights that they could have were some aspects of religion such as to be buried and to join religious groups.

O the other hand, "the masters had certain rights in dealing with their slaves". (Slavery, pg. 3). Since the beginning of slavery masters had rights to protect themselves in transactions with slave traders. "When the master entered into an agreement in buying a slave, the slave trader guaranteed him that the slave had no defects and was not in possession of another person". (Slavery, pg. 3). After the slave became the property of a master, the master could treat the slave in any way possible. As soon as a slave was the property of a master, the master had the right to own anything the slave owned, even the slave's money. Also, when the slave became the property of a master, no one else could harm that slave. If someone did he or she would be prosecuted under the law relating to damage of someone's property. Finally, the relationship between master and slave varied depending on the good relationship between master and slave. If the master's slave had earned enough to buy his or her freedom and the amount was equal to the slave's worth, and the slave was to old to serve, then the master could free the slave through manumission. "The most common practice of manumission was one in which the master, the slave, a third party, and a praetor got together to free the slave and this is called Manumission Vindicta". (Slavery, pg. 4). The third party member pronounced the slave free. " The second for of manumission is the Manumission testamento." (Slavery, pg. 4). This manumission was done in two ways. The first condition was when the master at his will set a slave free by proclamation. (Slavery, pg. 4). In the second condition, the slave could not be immediately set free because he or she could only be freed when the slave was classified as Statuliber. "The third and final form of manumission is the Manumission Censu". (Slavery, pg. 5). "This form was when the slave proclaimed to be a free person before a censor agreed. At this time if the censor agreed, he will record a slave's name down as a freed person". (Slavery, pg. 5).