Note 115 — Chapter V · THE SPREAD OF ISLAM AMONG THE CHRISTIANS OF SPAIN.
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Conversion to Islam did not, as some writers have affirmed, release the slave from his captivity and make him a free man,115 for emancipation was solely at the discretion of the master; who indeed often promised to set any slave free, without the payment of ransom, if only he would embrace Islam;116 but, on the other hand, would also freely emancipate the Christian slave, even though he had persevered in his religion, provided he had proved himself a faithful servant, and would make provision for his old age.117