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The modern practice of slavery today is a complex form of debt bondage known as '''''cautio''''': members of the upper class may give out loans to members of the plebeian class - or more often to the ''indigeni'' and ''peregrini'' classes - and they enter into an agreement that the debt will be paid through labor. The fact that these borrowers are not legally able to purchase land allows this practice to perpetuate across generations. Because they are under contract and entered into the agreement of their free will, the practice is not viewed in the same manner as chattel slavery or traditional "enslavement". Hence, some scholars argue that it is inappropriate to call them "slaves" while some scholars describe them as serfs. | The modern practice of slavery today is a complex form of debt bondage known as '''''cautio''''': members of the upper class may give out loans to members of the plebeian class - or more often to the ''indigeni'' and ''peregrini'' classes - and they enter into an agreement that the debt will be paid through labor. The fact that these borrowers are not legally able to purchase land allows this practice to perpetuate across generations. Because they are under contract and entered into the agreement of their free will, the practice is not viewed in the same manner as chattel slavery or traditional "enslavement". Hence, some scholars argue that it is inappropriate to call them "slaves" while some scholars describe them as serfs. | ||
A slaver is called a contract-holder or ''redemptore'', and a contractually bound slave is called a ''teneantur'' - literally meaning "one who is bound to". The maximum length of a ''cautio'' contract is 5 years with a single contract-holder; a ''teneantur'' may enter up to five total contracts at once. | A slaver is called a contract-holder or ''redemptore'', and a contractually bound slave is called a ''teneantur'' - literally meaning "one who is bound to". The maximum length of a ''cautio'' contract is 5 years with a single contract-holder; a ''teneantur'' may enter up to five total contracts at once. Most ''teneanturi'' serve as personal retainers and domestic servants, and most received a modest monthly salary that could be supplemented by earnings gained outside regular working hours. Out-resident ''teneanturi'' resided at a distance and were little different from tenant farmers or commoners. They were registered officially as independent family units and possessed their own houses, families, land, and fortunes. Out-resident ''teneanturi'' were far more numerous than household nobi. In rural Caphiria, ''teneanturi'' are assigned two pieces of agricultural land, with the resulting produce from the first land paid to the master, and the produce from the second land kept by the slave to consume or sell. In order to gain freedom, ''teneanturi'' can serve out the time on their contract, purchase it, earn it through military service, or receive it as a favor from the government. | ||
== History == | |||
=== Ancient history === | |||
=== Middle ages === | |||
=== Contemporary slavery === | |||