a proposal for the abolition of halfling slavery [open]

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Oct 29, 2024 10:22 PM

slavery vs. the floor: round 2

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Count Daniel Vivas

pyrotechnics

harryisgamer

After those other dramatic proposals, he is as ready as he'll ever be. Hopefully this proposal will make it through unaffected by the backlash against the riots—they didn't have anything to do with slavery.

He takes the podium. "Ladies. Gentlemen. I shall be brief. In our last session, we condemned the Asmodean Evil of Slavery. Today, I bring you the Committee on Slavery's first proposal to end it."

In defense of the intrinsic dignity of all reasoning beings, and in affirmation of the fact that every person is born free, we hereby declare:

First, that every halfling born in Cheliax, as every other person born in Cheliax, is born free.

Second, that every halfling now held in bondage in Cheliax, or in any of her possessions or territories, or in any other lands held as of this day by Her Majesty Aspexia III of Cheliax in her own person, is henceforth and forevermore a free citizen of the Chelish nation; And, furthermore, that any halfling owned or held in bondage by any Chelish citizen or by any subject of Her Majesty Aspexia III of Cheliax, is likewise free.

Third, that no free halfling in Cheliax or in any of her possessions or territories, nor in any other lands held as of this day by Her Majesty Aspexia III of Cheliax in her own person, may ever be taken into bondage; And that the abduction or false arrest of any such person be punished as fiercely and certainly as the abduction or false arrest of any other citizen of Cheliax.

Fourth, that no citizen of Cheliax, nor any subject of the ruler of Cheliax, may ever again own or hold in bondage any halfling as a slave, nor purchase any enslaved halfling in foreign lands except for the purpose of manumission; Nor may any citizen of Cheliax or subject of the ruler of Cheliax take any part in the foreign trade of slaves except for the purpose of manumission.

Fifth, that any citizen of Cheliax or subject of Her Majesty Aspexia III of Cheliax, who after the due promulgation of this decree keeps or attempts to keep in bondage or slavery any number of halflings, shall be punished as fiercely and certainly as if they had abducted or attempted to abduct any other free human citizens of the same number; And that likewise any person who after due promulgation of this decree keeps or attempts to keep in bondage or slavery any number of halflings within Cheliax, or within any of her possessions or territories, or in any other lands held as of this day by Her Majesty Aspexia III of Cheliax in her own person, be likewise punished as fiercely and certainly as if they had abducted the same number of free humans.

Sixth, that as all halflings are born free and are by their nature intrinsically free persons, that for halflings to be property is impossible; And that therefore no compensation shall be given by the crown or government of Cheliax to any person who falsely claimed ownership of any number of halflings for their liberation.

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Lictor Rouen Stought

order-of-the-pyre

Aevylmar

This is what weapons were invented for.

Andira Marusek

lintamande

They actually have those too. Slavers often fight back.

Lisandro

wizard-business

lux

Eagle! Knights! Lisandro is glad he ran into this crew at that tavern in Andoran. He can now say that showing up at the convention was worth it, having helped them pull off a stunt like that. Mostly by teleporting people to cities across Cheliax, the decree scroll at the podium was just symbolic.

Lictor Rouen Stought

order-of-the-pyre

Aevylmar

If the Andorani government wishes to invade Cheliax and attempt to conquer it, Cheliax will be overjoyed to return the favor. Otherwise, there are laws, and there are tools to enforce them.

Catherine Marianne Euphemia Aspexia de Litran

stare-unbelieving

lantalótë

Chill the fuck out. If Andoran wants to donate some wildly overqualified personnel to the royal post today and today only, that's allowed.

order-of-the-pyre

Yes, Your Majesty.

They're genuinely not breaking any laws! There aren't very many laws and none of them actually authorize anyone to demand a travel pass from anyone!!! This may be news to many of the tollhouses they are overtaking on very fast horses but if your horse is fast enough you don't actually even need to persuade the tollhouse of your correct legal perspective.

Albà Estades

Vaniver

He gets the news the same time as everyone else in Westcrown; it finds him taking an early lunch in his office. It's the best time for it; the day's Teleports have all happened, but he hasn't yet started buying in preparation for tomorrow, and so his losses are entirely hypothetical. He'll have to get a copy of the full decree and see if there's anything else to worry about in it, but for now the highest priority is turning some warehouses he no longer needs into housing that he can profitably rent. He likely can't do it himself--his face has been seen a lot around the slave markets recently--but Hèctor Hook-hand has halflings working for him, and probably one of them could be front-man, and find enough renters among the recently released. He's been sketching some designs of how to refit them into tenements. They already had half-height cells, and so there's a little wasted space in hallways that human overseers can fit through, but that might actually be an easy fix.

Probably the first wave should focus on anyone with building experience, he thinks. They can both pay the first month's rent in repairs, and that'll keep them busy from making any competition. He finishes up his lunch and heads back into the city.

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