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Regarding Indentured Servitude - Theori - 11-19-2019 Causes Indentured servitude occurs legally for three chief reasons: 1. A person deep in debt agrees to serve a debtor, with their expected pay instead going entirely towards repayment of the debts. 2. As part of the Treaty of Hessalia, where many Rhoynish were enslaved, though many were also granted citizenship, or sentenced to imprisonment. 3. As a form of legal punishment for a crime; usually such a punishment establishes the detainee as under the power of the Crown directly, rather than any particular owner. Indentured servitude in cases outside of this is considered highly illegal, and the owning or sale of illegal slaves carries a punishment of up ten years imprisonment. Emancipation Rules The indentured cannot in Essharan society be freed on a whim. The following are the acceptable reasons for emancipation, without conditions to be adhered to by both freedman and former overseer.
Legal Protections There are legal expectations so that the indentured are not mistreated harshly. Whilst the enforcement of these expectations can occasionally be lax, when a breach is enforced, it is considered a crime, with serious punishments. All people enjoy equal protection under the Crown Law of Osrona as a freed citizen, with the following exceptions:
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