Freedom @ The law of Moses pointed out the cases in which the servants of the Hebrews were to receive their freedom Exodus:21:2-4, 7, 8; Leviticus:25:39-42, 47-55; Deuteronomy:15:12-18). Under the Roman law the "freeman" (ingenuus) was one born free; the "freedman" (libertinus) was a manumitted slave, and had not equal rights with the freeman Acts:22:28; comp. Acts:16:37-39Acts:21:39Acts:22:25 ; 25:11-12).
