SJE/Slavery
Slavery is legal in Gem, and there is always a huge market for slaves as the mines chew through them at an incredible rate. Traditionally the poor were the miners, but recent cutbacks have meant the mine overseers have been buying cheap slaves to save on the cost of miners wages. As a result many of the ex-miners have been forced into debt-slavery and sent back to the mines under the lash!
One other important note on slavery- as a deterrent again slave uprisings, if even one slave is found to be responsible for the death of their master, then all the slaves in the household are put to death. (borrowed from the Romans). Evidence from slaves is permissable in trials without torture, though some traditionalists believe slaves will automatically lie and need to be tortured to extract the truth.
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