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I read that if Aztec slaves escaped from the master and stepped on excrement, it would grant freedom. During the escape, no one but the owner and his kin was allowed to chase the slave else they would be punished. Is any of this true and if so, was it a religious reason for these strange rules?

by /u/Chicano_Ducky in /r/AskHistorians

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