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Slave Owner Paranoia Events

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A Small Conspiracy slave_owner_paranoia_events.1

A small group of people have been caught instigating a slave revolt in …. However, local slaveholders believe this to be signs of a much wider-reaching conspiracy and demand suspects punished.

"We may only have found two men, one gun and a lot of talk, but give it some thought. Wouldn't a unprovable wide-reaching conspiracy, spreading its tendrils invisibly throughout the city, be exactly the sort that could precipitate a successful uprising? Is the possibility itself not reason enough to make examples of those who may be involved?"

We cannot take any risk with such subversive activities. Rebellion Conspiracy Reprisals: +20% Mortality of Slaves, +20% Slave Revolt Movement Pop Attraction

Such ruthlessness would be better applied to exorcising your own demons. Refused Slave Conspiracy Reprisals: +2 Interest Group Approval

Hidden Communities slave_owner_paranoia_events.2

Small communities of fugitive slaves, hidden away in remote areas of …, have become targets of local slaveholders fearing they could assist in potential uprisings.

He took the first watch. Soon, small nighttime sounds became distinguishable from what had at first felt like complete silence. Sounds of the trees and the marshland, wind and water; safe sounds. He had always liked to listen to the night. Even back at the plantation, this silence, or as close to it as you ever got, had been a source of solace. Now, however, it meant something more: Every night of silence was another night of freedom.

The very existence of such places undermines the authority of our institutions! Attacking Hidden Communities: +5% Radicalism increases for the Violent Hostility Status, +5% Radicalism increases for the Cultural Erasure Status, +5% Radicalism increases for the Open Prejudice Status, +15% Slave Revolt Movement Pop Attraction

What would they expect to accomplish by hunting down people in the middle of nowhere? Refused Attacking Hidden Communities: +2 Interest Group Approval

Visiting Abolitionist slave_owner_paranoia_events.3

… from the … has been touring … recently, both gathering testimonies for and propagating the abolitionist cause. Slaveholders in the state view this as an attempt to agitate a violent revolt among slaves and demand … be expelled from the state at once.

"Oh, you consider … a 'moderate'? Have you heard … speak? … may not openly talk of the slaves rising up against their masters, but in every speech, the indictment of the institution itself and everyone who supports it is so severe that it is difficult to imagine an audience sympathetic to the cause drawing another conclusion. Slaves may not be permitted to listen, but even hearing that such speeches are being held here will embolden them. It is but a matter of time, mark my words."

Well-founded concerns. … is a troublemaker. Abolitionist Expelled: +3 Interest Group Approval

Speaking about liberty and justice must always be permitted. Abolitionist Influence: +2 Interest Group Approval, +20% Interest Group Pop Attraction

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