# Would it have been (morally) murder if a slave killed his master?

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**Created:** [December 17, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-have-been-morally-murder-if-a-slave-killed-his-master/564546 "2010-12-17T19:19:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-have-been-morally-murder-if-a-slave-killed-his-master/564546/52 "2010-12-18T09:19:25Z")

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This is really a no brainer.

Like **Der Trihs** , I’d even go as far as to say that I think a slave has every right to kill **anything** that stands in their way to gaining freedom. It isn’t even a matter of dead person’s level of sainthood or whatever… If they, legitimately, pose a threat to a slave’s escape from slavery then they’re ‘fair game;’ be them man, woman or child.

Sick situation, but that’s not the slave’s fault.

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