In Part I, The Moon Maid, they are old retainers who stay with the U-gas even in exile after the Kalkar uprising. In Part III, The Red Hawk, they are so-called by the Kalkars, or what the ancients called "In-juns." Amongst the clans of Red Hawk the slaves, native American Indians, are weavers, potters, and farm workers . One of them predicts to Red Hawk that, like the mountains, they will still be there after all the Yanks and Kalkars are dead and forgotten. [MMa

There are two types of slavery: repatriated, and indentured. Repatriated slaves are prisoners of war, and are only considered slaves for the duration of one event. Indentured slaves volunteer for slavery to pay for a debt, and are slaves for a period of up to one year. Slaves are considered the property of their owner, and it is a crime to steal them.

person who contracts to be sex slave. Often used interchangeably with submissive, but generally reflecting a more intense level of submission or nonsexual or sexual-plus submission. For example, a slave might be someone who remains in a 24-hours-a-day submission and cooks, cleans and, otherwise, takes care of a dominant's house.

the most important article of tribute, Slav became the word for "slave" in several European languages. (p. 258)

A Main Inventory Table field designating that slaves are listed, usually by name, in the probate inventory. While not included in the database, names and ages of slaves, when recorded, are part of the complete inventory transcription.

A person owned and controlled by another.