Book 22. (7 results) Dancer of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 20 | 144 | "Another for the black chain of Ionicus," said one of my master's men. |
| 20 | 145 | Ionicus was a master of work chains. |
| 20 | 146 | He had several, the "red chain," the "green chain," "the yellow chain," and so on, each of which boasted several hundred men. |
| 20 | 147 | Supposedly these were free work chains, "free" in the sense of not utilizing slaves. |
| 20 | 148 | Goreans generally do not employ slaves for such labors as road construction, siege works, raising walls, and so on. |
| 20 | 149 | Similarly they generally would not use them for the construction of temples and public buildings. |
| 20 | 150 | Most such work is generally done by the free labor of a given community, though this "free labor" may, upon occasion, particularly in emergencies, be "levied," the laborers then contributing their labor as a form of special tax, or, if you like, as having been "conscripted" or "drafted," rather as if for military service. |
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"Another for the black chain of Ionicus," said one of my master's men.
Ionicus was a master of work chains.
He had several, the "red chain," the "green chain," "the yellow chain," and so on, each of which boasted several hundred men.
Supposedly these were free work chains, "free" in the sense of not utilizing slaves.
Goreans generally do not employ slaves for such labors as road construction, siege works, raising walls, and so on.
Similarly they generally would not use them for the construction of temples and public buildings.
Most such work is generally done by the free labor of a given community, though this "free labor" may, upon occasion, particularly in emergencies, be "levied," the laborers then contributing their labor as a form of special tax, or, if you like, as having been "conscripted" or "drafted," rather as if for military service.
- (Dancer of Gor, Chapter )