Slavery and Exploitation in Dark Sun
Since slavery is so central to the setting, let’s talk about all the forms that slavery (or near slavery) can take.
Impressment and conscription are forms of forced state labor, but they are legally and historically distinct from chattel slavery. Both strip individuals of bodily autonomy by forcing them into service against their will.
Chattel slavery involves lifelong, generational ownership of human beings as property, whereas impressment and conscription are temporary, state-mandated military or labor obligations.
There‘s also coercion, kidnapping, forced prison labor, indentured servitude, wage slavery, serfdom, debt bondage, thralls, prisoners of war, and forced marriage.
How many different forms of slavery or theft of bodily autonomy are explicitly present in the original campaign setting?
Which forms are you using in your game?
What forms have I missed that are great role-playing fodder?
How are you using slavery in your game?