Book 6. (7 results) Raiders of Gor (Context Quote)
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273
I used freemen on the rowing benches of my round ships, of which I had four, not slaves, as is traditional.
10
274
The fighting ship, incidentally, the long ship, the ram-ship, has never been, to my knowledge, in Port Kar, or Cos, or Tyros, or elsewhere on Gor, rowed by slaves; the Gorean fighting ship always has freemen at the oars.
10
275
The galley slaves I thought worth freeing, I freed, and found that many would stay with me, taking me for their captain.
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276
Those I did not wish, for one reason or another, to free, I sold to other captains, or exchanged them for slaves whom I might free, several of whom, when freed, also agreed to serve with me.
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277
Gaps on my benches were easily filled.
10
278
I would purchase a strong man from the market chain on the slave wharf, and then, saying nothing, set him free.
10
279
I think not once did such a man not follow me to my holding, asking to be my man.
I used free men on the rowing benches of my round ships, of which I had four, not slaves, as is traditional.
The fighting ship, incidentally, the long ship, the ram-ship, has never been, to my knowledge, in Port Kar, or Cos, or Tyros, or elsewhere on Gor, rowed by slaves; the Gorean fighting ship always has free men at the oars.
The galley slaves I thought worth freeing, I freed, and found that many would stay with me, taking me for their captain.
Those I did not wish, for one reason or another, to free, I sold to other captains, or exchanged them for slaves whom I might free, several of whom, when freed, also agreed to serve with me.
Gaps on my benches were easily filled.
I would purchase a strong man from the market chain on the slave wharf, and then, saying nothing, set him free.
I think not once did such a man not follow me to my holding, asking to be my man.
- (Raiders of Gor, Chapter )