Prologue
This series continues the scenario I began with my Slave Camp story. Some of the characters are the same. Chronologically this story happens about a year or so after Slave Camp.
I began this story with a slight departure from actual slavery. It starts with a man facing a conservatorship. That is not so far fetched as it sounds. We have that in our own society. Recently a young entertainer, a pop star, was released by the courts after having been in such a conservatorship for some13 years. Her father dictated rules for her to live by. He controlled who she dated. Even contraception was not her choice. She lost the right to make decisions with her own career. Others decided how she spent her money.
I wrote the story for the reader's enjoyment. At the same time I wanted to make the story logical. My story is a character study of how people might live within the public dynamics of this new society.
One where slavery exists. What I proposed is a rebuild. Incorporating reason into an unreasonable scenario, (Or is it unreasonable?) In some ways it might even be practical.
Many stories of slavery have been written. Some like this one are about non-hereditary slavery. (A person is not born into slavery.) Some almost approach the idea of a dystopian society, where a person (usually female) might be accosted in the street and enslaved for life with no control or recourse. The women of course then automatically become mindless sex slaves. The rest of society accepts this as normal. While erotic, I find these stories lack depth. I find that whole premise total bullshit.
Some focus only on the erotic aspects, ignoring the practicalities of how these slaves are housed and maintained between sex sessions nor what becomes of them once the luster rubs off.
I wondered how our society might actually evolve if slavery, particularly judicial slavery was re-introduced. What might society REALLY accept? I doubt anybody would really accept complete and total dominance that would dehumanize the slave no matter the crime. Use and it's cohort 'abuse' depending on your status would be a matter of normal life. Intelligence of some sort would prevail. How would the slave react?
I envisioned an alternate society that decided that instead of housing criminals at the expense of the taxpayer, criminals would be sold as slaves. Yes a convicted criminal would be subject to his or her owner's whims. But there would be limits. Put yourself first into the mindset this world actually existed and then ask yourself what would YOU accept as a person living within that society. How about your friends and neighbors? Public nudity? Perhaps, while legal might not be completely accepted. Open sex on the street in front of kids? I doubt those things would be considered normal.
At the core of my stories are how a person can own a slave. In one of my chapters I had a woman convicted and enslaved after she gets drunk and wrecks her car. She killed one person and seriously injured the other. Because she did not have enough money to pay restitution, she was given to the injured woman to compensate for her financial loss. Had she had money, that money might have been awarded to the victim instead. For her crime she would still be sold at public auction to the highest bidder. In that case, the money paid would go to the state.
The large majority of slaves would be sold publicly. A smaller percentage would be awarded as restitution for losses sustained.
