Had an unmarried Jewish woman ever owned a male slave, whom she acquired or asked to become her husband?

Question

Had an unmarried Jewish woman ever owned a male slave, whom she acquired or asked to become her husband?

Was there ever any occurrence in the Tanach, Gemara, Mishna, Halacha, Aggadot, Midrashim, etc. of a single Jewish woman or a widowed Jewish woman who owned a male slave, whom she acquired or asked to become her husband?

In which circumstance could such a union be halachically permitted?

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Answer 1

Example in Tanach of woman marrying a slave:[Divrei Hayomim 1, 2,35]-

וַיִּתֵּן שֵׁשָׁן אֶת-בִּתּוֹ לְיַרְחָע עַבְדּוֹ, לְאִשָּׁה; וַתֵּלֶד לוֹ, אֶת-עַתָּי - So Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bore him Attai.

Rashi explains There were 14 generations till Yishmael ben Netania who killed Gedalia ben Achikam to show that there are bad genes from bad yichus (see [Jeremiah 41:2][2]-3) and meforshim.פרש"י ולששן עבד מצרי ירחע ויתן את בתו לירחע המצרי עבדו ומספר בגנותן כלומר לא היו ראויין למלכות ויצא ממנו ישמעאל בן נתניה בן אלישמע שהרג גדליה בן אחיקם ( ירמיה מ"א
She must have married an eved meshuchrar(freed slave who is Jewish) as marriage won't work to an eved canaani as evident in Kidushin 66b.

The mishna Yevamoth 67a says that a woman can own inherited male slaves:

מתני' בת ישראל שניסת לכהן ומת והניחה מעוברת לא יאכלו עבדיה בתרומה מפני חלקו של עובר
an Israelite daughter who married a cohen and he died and left her pregnant, her slaves may not eat teruma because of the portion of ownership of the fetus

Answer 2

Halachically, Kiddushin chapter 3 Mishnah 5 says that the eved must be freed first before any marriage can take place. Once he has been freed, he is like any other Jew and it would not be any different from any other marriage. Any kiddushin done while he is an eved is invalid.

הַמְקַדֵּשׁ אֶת הָאִשָּׁה וְאָמַר, כְּסָבוּר הָיִיתִי שֶׁהִיא כֹהֶנֶת וַהֲרֵי הִיא לְוִיָּה, לְוִיָּה וַהֲרֵי הִיא כֹהֶנֶת, עֲנִיָּה וַהֲרֵי הִיא עֲשִׁירָה, עֲשִׁירָה וַהֲרֵי הִיא עֲנִיָּה, הֲרֵי זוֹ מְקֻדֶּשֶׁת, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁלֹּא הִטְעַתּוּ. הָאוֹמֵר לְאִשָּׁה, הֲרֵי אַתְּ מְקֻדֶּשֶׁת לִי לְאַחַר שֶׁאֶתְגַּיֵּר אוֹ לְאַחַר שֶׁתִּתְגַּיְּרִי, לְאַחַר שֶׁאֶשְׁתַּחְרֵר אוֹ לְאַחַר שֶׁתִּשְׁתַּחְרְרִי, לְאַחַר שֶׁיָּמוּת בַּעֲלֵךְ אוֹ לְאַחַר שֶׁתָּמוּת אֲחוֹתֵךְ, לְאַחַר שֶׁיַּחֲלֹץ לָךְ יְבָמֵךְ, אֵינָהּ מְקֻדֶּשֶׁת. וְכֵן הָאוֹמֵר לַחֲבֵרוֹ, אִם יָלְדָה אִשְׁתְּךָ נְקֵבָה הֲרֵי הִיא מְקֻדֶּשֶׁת לִי, אֵינָהּ מְקֻדֶּשֶׁת. אִם הָיְתָה אֵשֶׁת חֲבֵרוֹ מְעֻבֶּרֶת וְהֻכַּר עֻבָּרָהּ, דְּבָרָיו קַיָּמִין, וְאִם יָלְדָה נְקֵבָה, מְקֻדֶּשֶׁת:

[With regard to] one who betroths a woman, and [later] says, "I had thought that she was a Kohenet [daughter of a Kohen] and behold she is a Levite;" "A Levite, and behold she is a Kohenet;" "Poor, and behold she is rich;" "Rich, and behold she is poor;" [in all these cases] she is betrothed, because she did not deceive him. [With regard to] one who says to a woman, "You are hereby betrothed to me after I convert;" "After you convert;" "After I am freed;" "After you are freed;" "After your husband dies;" "After your sister dies;" "After your yavam performs chalitzah [the ceremony performed to release a widow of a childless man from the obligation of levirate marriage];" [in all these cases] she is not betrothed. Similarly, [with regard to] one who says to his fellow, "If your wife gives birth to a female, [the child] is hereby betrothed to me," she is not betrothed. If his fellow's wife was visibly pregnant, his words are valid; and if she gives birth to a female, she is betrothed.