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The Unowned Slave
This is my narrative and relevant references from the Books where unowed slaves are mentioned.
I make no pronouncements on these matters, but report them as I find them.
Arrive at your own conclusions.
I wish you well,
Fogaban
Is there such a thing as an unowned slave?
Must every slave, to be a slave, have an owner?
I am not speaking of the condition of slavery requiring a collar or brand. That is another topic and well stated here:
The slave cannot free herself. She can be freed only by an owner. The condition of slavery does not require the collar, or the brand, or an anklet, bracelet or ring, or any such overt sign of bondage. Such things, as symbolic as they are, as profoundly meaningful as they are, and as useful as they are for marking properties, identifying masters, and such, are not necessary to slavery. They are, in effect, though their affixing can legally affect imbondment, ultimately, in themselves, tokens of bondage, and are not to be confused with the reality itself. The uncollared slave is not then a free woman but only a slave who is not then in a collar. Similarly a slave is still a slave even if her brand could be made to magically disappear or, if she has been a made a slave in some other way, if she has not yet been branded.
Renegades of Gor Book 23 Page 273
I am speaking of a slave who has no owner. A girl not owned.
Say a free woman proclaims herself a slave girl by uttering the words "I am a slave girl.". She is then a self-pronounced slave.
She throws back her hood and tears away her veils, and her mouth is exposed to the conqueror. "La kajira!" she cries. "I am a slave girl!" This formula, once spoken, is irrevocable. She is then a self-pronounced slave.
Smugglers of Gor Book 32 Pages 347 – 348
At the moment she utters those words, who owns her? Obviously, no one. No matter for how long her unowned status lasts, for that time she is an unowned slave.
And finally, if one believes there such a thing as an unowned slave, how does one refute this statement, "Even if she lacks a Master, she is a slave."? If she "lacks a Master", she is not owned. She is an unowned slave.
"As you are a barbarian," I said, "you may not understand the ways of Gor. Let me give you an illustration. If a free woman should pronounce herself a slave, she is, then, instantly, no longer a free woman but a slave. Pretending, thinking she is lying, mental reservation, and such things, do not enter into the matter. Once the words are spoken she is a slave. Even if she lacks a Master, she is a slave. Do you understand?"
Avengers of Gor Book 36 Page 117
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