"This house was built to be operated without slaves," he said.

For how do you work a plantation without slaves and what would the blacks do if put upon their own?

"How can you run a plantation without slaves?"

The only societies without slaves were those of the Golden Age, where all needs were met.

Society without slaves is thus relegated to a different time and space.

"Without slaves," said Marie, "this will finally be a good place."

There had to be superiors and inferiors, even in a society without slaves.

Immigrants, farmers without their own land, single women, and former slaves could all qualify.

Few had anything left but land, and land without slaves to work it was a drug in the market.

Yet without slaves to row them, the galleys were no use to the Saracens.