Responsa for Bava Metzia 146:11
רב אשי אמר אפי' יין סתם נמי לא מאי טעמא אסמכתא היא ואסמכתא לא קניא
R. Se'oram, Raba's brother, used to seize people of disrepute and make them draw Raba's litter. Said Raba 'to him: You have done well. For it has been taught:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [So according to some texts; cur. edd.: 'we learnt'. The quotation however is not from a Mishnah.] ');"><sup>19</sup></span> If you see a man who does not behave in a seemly fashion, whence do we know that you may make him your servant? From the verse, They [sc. Canaanite slaves] shall be your bondmen for ever and your brethren the children of Israel [likewise].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXV, 46. ');"><sup>20</sup></span>
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