We must now consider the impediment of the condition of slavery.

Under this head there are four points of inquiry:

(1) Whether the condition of slavery is an impediment to matrimony?

• (2) Whether a slave can marry without his master’s consent?
• (3) Whether a man who is already married can make himself a slave without his wife’s consent?
• (4) Whether the children should follow the condition of their father or of their mother?