Answer and Explanation:
1. Mulders decides to deal with the situation by informing what he knows about the mistress the mistress provided the servant, telling him all the bruises and situations in which he saw the abuses taking place, in addition to talking about the servant's account of those moments.
2. If mulders or Dallen were slaves, the court would not have listened to them, because the mistreatment of slaves was legalized, since the law stated that the slave was the property of their masters and therefore, the masters could do whatever they wanted with slaves, including beating them and promoting other ill-treatment.