It provided the labour for great civilisations; the Sumerian states, Rome, China, and Egypt, and for many thousands of years was socially and culturally accepted as a means to contrast the value of being free, and economically beneficial.
In the modern world, slavery has declined per capita. All nations in the real world today prohibit it, although many may tolerate its presence if it brings in profit. The general Western attitude to slavery is one of abhorrence, yet it should always be the case of consider the necessity of our ancestors. Our morals today may have crippled their societies then, and to understand slavery is to understand the necessity of it, and why it happens.
These two surveys will therefore address your nation by whether:
You currently permit slavery as a matter of law.
You do not currently permit slavery as a matter of law.
I hope this questionnaire is enjoyable and can help shed some insight for others into the nature of forced labour within your nation.
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[b][u]Survey I - Slavery is permitted[/u][/b]
[b]By which law or constitutional amendment is the right to own people as slaves enshrined and protected?[/b]
[b]For how long in your nation (and / or nations you are descended from) has slavery existed as a legal process?[/b]
[b]By what legal process must a private citizen or registered company complete in order to obtain valid ownership of another human?[/b]
[b]Does the forfeit of this process and the use of another human for forced labour constitute a crime under your nation's law?[/b]
[b]Approximately how many slaves are owned legally within the defined boundaries of your nation? How many for each free wo/man?[/b]
[b]Approximately how many slaves are owned illegally within the defined boundaries of your nation? How many for each free wo/man?[/b]
[b]What punishment (if any) is mandated for those who are involved with the business of illegal slavery?[/b]
[b]For what tasks, jobs, and roles are slaves typically purchased for any by legal entity?[/b]
[b]Are there any occupations slaves are by law prohibited to hold?[/b]
[b]What are the rights of the master over the slave? Can s/he kill the slave at a whim? Is sexual abuse or exploitation of the slave permitted etc?[/b]
[b]In accordance to or alongside this, what rights if any do slaves possess under law?[/b]
[b]Who is permitted by law to purchase a slave?[/b]
[b]How evenly are slaves distributed amongst the populace of your nation? Which class owns the most slaves etc.[/b]
[b]What type of slaves are in the highest demand? (Scribes, gladiators, sex slaves, personal retainers etc.)[/b]
[b]By what methods are new slaves acquired by your nation for sale to the population?[/b]
[b]Are slaves drawn from any particular racial or ethnic group?[/b]
[b]Who, if anyone, is protected by law from being enslaved by any process?[/b]
[b]By what process can be a slave be freed?[/b]
[b]For what crimes, if any, can a citizen of your nation be stripped of legal rights and sold into slavery? How does this impact his or her property or family?[/b]
[b]What sociocultural impact on values, ethics, and philosophy has the legal presence of slavery had upon your population?[/b]
[b]Do any movements exist within your nation arguing and agitating for the abolition of slavery, or its replacement with indentured servitude? How popular are they?[/b]
[b]Has slavery as a social and moral issue been the cause of internal or external conflict with separatists / rebels or foreign powers?[/b]
[b]Has your nation had a history of slave rebellions? Which ones were the most prominent?[/b]
[b]Has your nation had a point in history where slavery was abolished, but then re-instated? How did this happen?[/b]
[b]Are there any facts, details, or information about legal or illegal slavery in your nation not covered by this questionnaire which you wish to share?[/b]
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[b][u]Survey II - Slavery is not permitted[/u][/b]
[b]By which law or constitutional amendment is slavery prohibited in your nation?[/b]
[b]How long has slavery been prohibited in your nation?[/b]
[b]How common is the presence of human trafficking / illegal slavery within the defined boundaries of your nation?[/b]
[b]How many people are owned and exploited illegally in your nation? How many for each free wo/man?[/b]
[b]What punishment is mandated for those who are involved with the business of illegal slavery?[/b]
[b]If an illegal slave trade is present, which demographics are most at risk of falling victim to it?[/b]
[b]Is indentured servitude, prison labour, or other forms of correctional or legal debt servitude permitted by your nation's laws?[/b]
[b]From what forms of labour or use, if any, are indentured servants and prisoners protected by law from being subjected to by their creditors or prison authorities?[/b]
[b]What forms of labour or use, if any, are indentured servants and prisoners typically subjected to by their creditors or prison authorities?[/b]
[b]Is the killing, sexual abuse, or exploitation of a person held by force as an illegal slave considered a worse crime or otherwise scaled to existing homicide and sexual abuse laws?[/b]
[b]What sociocultural impact on values, ethics, and philosophy has the prohibition of slavery had upon your population?[/b]
[b]Do any movements exist within your nation arguing and agitating for the reintroduction of slavery, or the introduction of indentured servitude (if not present)? How popular are they?[/b]
[b]Has slavery as a social and moral issue been the cause of internal or external conflict with separatists / rebels or foreign powers?[/b]
[b]Are there any facts, details, or information about legal or illegal slavery in your nation not covered by this questionnaire which you wish to share?[/b]
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[b][i]This half of the survey deals with slavery as an institution in your nation's past - if slavery has never been permitted, feel free to delete this section.[/i][/b]
[b]What legal process in the past did a private citizen or registered company have to go through in order to obtain valid ownership of another human?[/b]
[b]Did the forfeit of this process and the use of another human for forced labour constitute a crime under your nation's law at this period in time?[/b]
[b]How many slaves on average over the period of legal enslavement were there in relation to free wo/men?[/b]
[b]What punishment was mandated for those who were involved with the business of illegal slavery?[/b]
[b]For what tasks, jobs, and roles were slaves typically purchased for by any legal entity?[/b]
[b]Were there any occupations slaves were by law prohibited to hold?[/b]
[b]What were the rights of the master over the slave? Could s/he kill the slave at a whim? Was sexual abuse or exploitation of the slave permitted etc?[/b]
[b]In accordance to or alongside this, what rights if any did slaves possess under law?[/b]
[b]Who was permitted to purchase a slave?[/b]
[b]How evenly were slaves distributed amongst the populace of your nation? Which class owned the most slaves etc?[/b]
[b]What type of slaves were in the highest demand? (Scribes, gladiators, sex slaves, personal retainers etc.)[/b]
[b]By what methods were new slaves acquired by your nation for sale to the population?[/b]
[b]Were slaves drawn from any particular racial or ethnic group?[/b]
[b]Who, if anyone, was protected by law from being enslaved by any process?[/b]
[b]By what process could a slave be freed?[/b]
[b]For what crimes, if any, could a citizen of your nation be stripped of legal rights and sold into slavery? How did this impact his or her property and family?[/b]
[b]What sociocultural impact on values, ethics, and philosophy did the legal presence of slavery have on your population?[/b]
[b]How did slavery in your nation end? Were any movements arguing and agitating for the abolition of slavery or its replacement with indentured servitude play a role in this? How popular was the abolition?[/b]
[b]Did your nation have a history of slave rebellions? Which ones were most prominent?[/b]
[b]Did your nation abolish slavery before, but re-instate it? How did this happen?[/b]