I’m sure you’ve touched on or have some insight into the slave trade in Toril? I’m pretty new to DnD. Would you sages have any info to share for this DM? Thay is built on slavery, but it's become increasingly rare elsewhere in Faerun, and is illegal in most "civilized" places (orcs take slaves, but aren't considered civilized). Drow are involved in an extensive Underdark slave trade involving slave-snatching surface raids.
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 7, 2018
Chult doesn’t have a large enough human population for much slaving, I think. Amn counts as southern, yes? The yuan-ti took and kept both human and ophidian slaves in earlier centuries, but Merric is right: few left now to enslave. Folks in Amn would be enraged to be called "southern" ;} (to them, the "South" starts at Calimshan; to Calishites, it begins south of them). ;} Calimshan..
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 7, 2018
…has had lots of slaves or relatively few, depending on when in its history we're considering, but yes, slavery has always been present and legal (can't enslave a citizen, but by definition, a slave isn't one, even if they were before being enslaved).
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 7, 2018
I think I have a Waterdhavian perspective on things based on running several campaigns there – Amn and below is “southern”. 🙂 #dnd Ah, well put. Indeed, to Waterdhavians who don't depart the city, Amn and below is "southern." To the transient trading population found in the Deep at any particular time, not so much.
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 7, 2018