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ORIGINAL: AquaticSub these are women who are actually being forced into it with no regard to what they want. I know it's terribly non-pc to say, but from a historical standpoint, a slave woman could be had for approximately the price of a car or decent motorcycle. Think of that. In the olden days, you could have had two in your garage! Or a male slave. A younger slave was even less, an older slave even more. Damaged or disabled in any way, that's real cheap. Of course you then take on all the economic and legal obligations so you best think twice about what you buy. Not to mention the social stigma from your peers if you buy foolishly. Plus since it was legal slavery we are talking about, you better have good reliable free help or a lot of chains or that pretty thing you bought might just murder you and your family in your sleep or poison your food. Over time you might break her of that habit but then you've likely broken her body up a bit too much so it won't give the level of work you originally wanted and now you may take an economic loss. If you were a male citizen of many slave owning societies you could just join the army, go on campaign and take your pay in slaves too -- keep them or sell them. They might help your family out while you are off on the next campaign cause you won't have time to enjoy them while you're in service yourself. Oh, no buying on credit in general either, that was a cash exchange. Good luck if you have to find someone to borrow from. The interest rates back then would make your head pop off by comparison to today's rates. Sorry, history rivalry for a moment. Thanks for getting me starte on it, pompeii.
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