If a man has harbored a runaway slave, male or female, in his house and has not brought him forth at the summons of the public crier, the owner of the house shall be put to death.

Babylonian king, code of laws

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Law 16 of the Code of Hammurabi

Date / Period

c. 1754 BC

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https://www.students-of-history.com/blog/code-of-hammurabi

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