This story arc takes place in an alternative reality where legal slavery exists in the United States as depicted in the stories by Joe Doe, Carl Bradford, Gentlemanmariner and a number of others. All persons enslaved, involved in slavery operations, or described in explicit sex scenes are aged 18 years or older. Feedback in the form of comments are greatly appreciated.
The Broadstone Etiquette Academy in Dallas, Texas, is a focal point in my future stories with many of my characters as current or former students of this fine institution. I thought it best to provide an overview of this consort program and some of the other laws, institutions societal norms in this legal slavery universe incorporating many of the ideas contained in stories by Joe Doe, Gentlemanmariner, Monkey_Man66 and Carl Bradford to name a few. This chapter may start slowly but hopefully the reader will find it more entertaining as it progresses to the sections describing the Fresh Pussy Block contests, the Cropgasm Challenge and the description of Brie Larsen getting her first pony tail for her starring role in the "My Little Ponygirl: Friendship is Magic" blockbuster movie.
Legalized slavery returned to the United States with the passage of the 34th Amendment to the United States Constitution authorizing slavery for individuals eighteen or older when the New Hampshire legislature became the thirty-eighth state to approve the amendment. Passage of this constitutional amendment triggered the Full Faith and Credit Clause found in Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, which ensures that states honor the public acts and court judgments of other states thus legalizing slavery in those states that did not support the 34th Amendment. As a practical matter it prevented slaves from escaping their enslavement by fleeing to another state. Congress quickly passed the Federal Uniform Slave Code and other follow on legislation regulating much of the slavery trade. Most states passed local legislation to further regulate this new industry.
Slavery was not hereditary so you could not be born into it. There were three ways that a free adult could be enslaved. Free individuals could volunteer for indenture for a period of time in return for compensation. Involuntary indenture occurred when due to indebtedness, having pledged their bodies as collateral for a loan, they were repossessed and enslaved by judicial fiat. Finally, individuals convicted of felonies and some misdemeanor crimes lost their civil rights for a period of enslavement. For these few misdemeanors as determined by each state, the period of enslavement was for up to one year and for felonies the duration of enslavement from one year to life depending on existing sentencing guidelines.
The status of slaves transitioned from a human citizen with inalienable rights into chattel livestock upon judicial enslavement, whether criminal or civil. Slaves were now treated like animals, having lost their ability to rationally consent. This loss of free will also meant that sexual acts by slaves were not considered prostitution, because the slave could not refuse any adult. Corporal punishment as a technique to control slaves was introduced. Cattle prods, bullwhips, riding crops and shock collars that were common tools for controlling livestock could now be used on slaves. Treatment that would be considered inhumane was now legal with the slave livestock, who were by definition no longer human. Legislation was soon developed criminalizing slave abuse modeled on animal abuse statutes but it was difficult to enforce.
Societal norms evolved with the advent of legal slavery with many well-to-do families purchasing consorts or concubines for their sons as generally monogamous companions. These young men often were more successful in their studies or jobs than those engaged in the chaotic dating scene with temperamental free women who often as not under-performed sexually.
Consorts were trained as permanent mates for their masters with the expectation that the relationship would evolve into marriage while concubines were long term companions, often for older individuals or couples. Concubines completed the same training requirements as consorts and their skill set went well beyond the sexual arts of a Venus Academy or Pearson Pussy Ranch graduate. It was not uncommon for these men and their consort/concubines to fall in love and eventually marry.
The Federal Uniform Slave Code (FUSC) regulated the treatment of consorts, outlining their special status in society. Upon registration as a consort in the National Slave Registry these slaves fell somewhere between free citizen and livestock, having the ability to rationally consent on behalf of their owner in certain matters such as child care or the purchase of property. Consorts were required to enroll in and complete accredited training programs. Concubines were registered as consorts pursuant to the FUSC and treated in much the same manner with similar training requirements. Both were still subject to corporal punishment as discipline and sexual use by their owner in the same manner afforded slave livestock and retained their status as human chattel with the exception of medical treatment.
These consorts were not treated as common slaves, were regularly clothed in private and public at their master's discretion, and wore distinctive collars that clearly identified their status. Although most consorts were necessarily submissive in the bedroom, at least in the early stages of the relationship, in many other respects they were independent partners of their owners. Consorts were often bred by their owners, generating children frequently before the end of the indenture and before marriage. Most consorts married their masters at the conclusion of their indenture or earlier if granted early manumission due to marriage, as only a free person can legally wed. Oftentimes the indenture was converted into a personal services contract known as Texas Free in Name Only (FINOβsee below). Some couples found the consort relationship superior to a traditional marriage resulting in the woman voluntarily extending her indenture.
In public consorts were generally clothed and regularly unescorted by their owner or surrogate owner. Consorts whose college education was put on hold during their initial indenture and subsequent training were expected to finish college obtaining their degrees at their owner's expense during the period of indenture. While consorts were still viewed as property a free person could not demand sex or re-direct a consort to perform a task not specifically authorized by their owner. To do so was interference with a vested property ownership interest that could have severe civil legal consequences or viewed as theft or attempted theft under criminal statutes. Violators were dealt with harshly as the wealthy acted quickly protecting important personal assets.
The best consort candidates were attractive college women with the slave grade of choice plus or higher facing insurmountable debt. Headhunters now located candidates and persuaded them to voluntarily indenture or purchased their debt as a means of involuntary indenture. Some women, knowing indenture was inevitable, sought voluntary indenture as a consort. The period of consort indenture was generally two to three years longer due to the added educational cost and more importantly, the life of a consort was significantly safer than the uncertainty of the auction block for most attractive young women.
Elite finishing schools for consorts such as the "Cotillion School for Ladies" in Houston and the "Broadstone Etiquette Academy" in Dallas groomed these young women into the perfect mates. The twelve month long curriculum of these boarding schools included finance, grooming, cooking, and physical fitness, the art of conversation, posture, poise, good deportment, and moving with grace, along with sexual proficiency in a wide range of areas equivalent, if not superior, to the Venus Academy, the premier training school for elite pleasure sluts. Electives ranging from golf, fencing, wine tasting, to pegging and dungeon play were also available.
The success of the Broadstone program, and others like it, was due to the process used to match the right consort with a master (and future husband) using a number of different factors. Graduates from these schools were also highly sought after as concubines for older men and couples seeking the sexual services and companionship provided by these women.
These schools offered classes for masters with curriculum that included developing the foundation of a positive master-consort relationship that leads to a fulfilling marriage along with courses in effective discipline and bondage techniques. These options included blocks of instruction on the proper use of the riding crop, paddle, cane, flogger, and the whip. Broadstone offered many additional training programs for new masters along with a mandatory master mentoring program designed to help foster a strong long-lasting relationship between the master and consort.
Some wealthy families enrolled their free daughters in these elite finishing schools, making them more eligible for marriage or of keeping them safe from involuntary enslavement by others. Enrollment required a minimum voluntary indenture of five years to the student's mother who was then responsible for transferring the indenture to a prospective master/husband. These schools were beginning to see more legacy enrollments of daughters of former students due to the strongly held belief of these parents that this was the best route for some eligible young woman to find a strong lasting relationship with a suitable young man leading to a happy successful marriage.
The Cotillion and Broadstone included mandatory branding on the buttock, thigh, back or pubic mound for successful graduates. Displaying the Cotillion or Broadstone brand evolved into a popular status symbol for many. It was not uncommon for a now free and married Broadstone girl to prance around a Dallas country club pool in a thong bikini prominently displaying the Broadstone brand on one buttock and the Big D Slave Market "Sandy Foot Girl" brand on the other extolling her fine purebred filly status.