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{{trope}}
Unlike [[Servant Race]], these people were once independent, but have been conquered and made into servants. Scattered [[La Résistance|resistance movements]] usually exist.
Note that a race is a "slave race" from the point of view of the "owners" only, and it might have worked perfectly well on their own, their free population even outnumbering by far the ones that are held captive. Some slave-holder races will limit themselves to only one of these (and even uphold a friendly disposition towards everyone else), but habitual slave-holders might view everyone who is different from them as this.
This of course has some uncomfortable [[Real Life]] examples. (Note, however, that for the majority of history, slavery was ''not'' directly linked to race; beware of [[Eagleland Osmosis]]. Historically, most people got to be slaves by running into debt or getting kidnapped in war, then they'd be sold to raise cash or brought home with their captors as loot. Slaves could therefore be any ethnicity, including that of their master, and prior to capture, they might be any social class ranging from peasant to king.)
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== Comic Books ==
* In ''[[
* This is what [[Paperinik New Adventures|The Evrons]] trasform the inhabitants of every planet they conquer into.
== Film ==
* Humans have become this to apes in ''[[Planet of the Apes]]'' (after taking apes as this first in the movie sequels).
* Humans in ''[[The Matrix]]'', though most don't realize it.
* The ''[[Underworld (
* In ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)|The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'', [[The Reveal]] {{spoiler|makes it clear that Klaatu and his people deliberately did this to themselves by establishing a robot-controlled police state}}.
* The Newcomers of ''[[Alien Nation (
* In ''[[The Dark Crystal]]'', the [[Evil Counterpart|Skeksis]] are able to drain a being's lifeforce by using the dark crystal's light. These beings are brainwashed in the process. The Podlings are a picture perfect example for this trope, working as slaves for the Skeksis.
* In ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'', {{spoiler|the Decepticons plan on turning the human race into this, in order to have workers to rebuild Cybertron. Needless to say, the Autobots stop them.}}
== Literature ==
* [[Larry Niven]]'s ''[[Known Space]]'' setting has several slave species. Far back in galactic history the Thrintun used their psychic powers to enslave many species. They are simply known as Slavers. One of the slave races, the Tnuctipun, fought back with biological weapons: the war killed off any species with a notochord, galaxy wide. Later the warlike Kzin are thought to have been raised from a primitive state by the Jotoki only to enslave their employers once they had the means. The Kzin went on to enslave the demonform Kdatlyno.
* In Deborah Chester's ''[[Alien Chronicles]]'' trilogy, the reptilian Viis have done this to numerous races, going so far in some cases as to alter the captive races' known history so they didn't know they wasn't a time they weren't slaves.
* ''Summers At Castle Auburn'' has the aliora, who are rather like elves. Human hunters capture them from their homes and sell them as
* ''[[
* In ''Farewell to the Master'', {{spoiler|''Gnut'' is the master}}.
* One of the greatest examples is ''[[Happiness in Slavery|Homo Servus]]'' from [[S.M. Stirling]]'s [[The Draka|Draka]] tetralogy. The ''Servus'' have been genetically engineered to derive orgasmic pleasure from subservience to their masters ''[[Superior Species|Homo Drakensis]]'', and are incapable of functioning independently . Both species were once normal humans, but, unluckily for the rest of humanity, the Draka were [[Nietzsche Wannabe]] [[
* The House-Elves from ''[[Harry Potter]]'' are another example of a slave race that's only [[Happiness in Slavery|too happy]] to be enslaved. They're probably based on the fairy tale "The Elves and the Shoemaker," which in turn is based on European folk tales of kobolds and similar household spirits; being bound to a house that benefits from their service gives their lives meaning, and being set free is a sign of disapproval with the services they've rendered, a very depressing concept for a creature that defines themselves by their capacity to provide excellent service
** Hermione is a strong believer in freedom for house-elves, but she bases her philosophy about this on Dobby, who was a unique case in that the family he served was so abusive (frequent death threats, ironing his fingers as punishment) that it was ''worse than freedom'' by [[Blue and Orange Morality|elf standards]]; her position has actually made her extremely unpopular with the school's resident horde of elves, and when she was attempting to duplicitously free them, they went on strike, forcing the already-free Dobby to clean Gryffindor Tower all by his lonesome.
** The official in-universe line seems to be that they spontaneously became a
*** Also note that 'attempt to pay them for their services and they will go away' was a general formula invoked sometimes to clear out a house-elf who'd gone lazy and troublesome and started spending all their time playing pranks instead of helping 'round the house. [[Sadly Mythtaken|Mythologically]], one could not actually ''command'' a house-elf any more than any other kind of elf.
*** They also left if you kept the place so tidy they felt marginalized.
** Everything we know about wizarding society indicates they'd have felt themselves perfectly justified in casting spells to make sure that no House Elf ever overstepped its bounds again. And this was in the seventeenth century, before the idea of 'rights' had made much headway even for humans.
* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s "The Hyborian Age", the [[Backstory]] to [[Conan]], Lemurians.
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* In L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''[[
* In [[John C. Wright]]'s ''[[Hermetic Millenium
== Live-Action TV ==
* In ''[[Lexx]]'' it turned out that the humans of the Light Universe were slaves of {{spoiler|the insect race (via His Shadow) whom they thought they had defeated millenia before}}.
* The Ood from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' were enslaved by humanity, most of whom believed they were a naturally servile race who enjoyed laboring for them. They were wrong.
** Another ''[[Doctor Who]]'' example, the Zeronites from Eighth Doctor [[Doctor Who Magazine
** Also from ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the Slab might be this, but are more likely machines, it's left vague. ("Solid leather, all the way through. [[Hell-Bent for Leather|Someone has got one hell of a fetish.]]")
** In "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S18
** Series 6 brings us the Gangers/Flesh.
** In ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S3
** ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S10
* The Kalish in ''[[
* The humans (called cows) of Pylea were a slave race to the demons there in ''[[
* The Goa'uld of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' consider every race a slave race, but particularly humans and Jaffa.
* ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' featured the Jem'Hadar, a genetically engineered race of super soldiers designed to be fanatically loyal to the Founders of the Dominion. They could be considered a [[Servant Race]] of [[Proud Warrior Race Guy
== Oral Tradition, Folklore, Myths and Legends ==
* [[The Bible]]: The Jews were a slave-race in Egypt for generations, until some dude named Moses told 'em to let his people go. The Pharoah eventually did so, after a series of plagues brought the country (formerly the greatest power in the region) to its knees.▼
* While the angels of [[
== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Star Fleet Battles]]''. The Klingons have a number of "subject races" who serve aboard their starships, including the Dunkars, Slidarians, Hilladarians, Zoolies and Cromargs.
* Eldar from ''[[Warhammer
* In ''[[Exalted]]'', the oddly coloured Djala pygmies are mostly this, and most assuredly do not [[Happiness in Slavery|like the situation]]. One canon character is a Djala, and working to change things.
* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'':
** The human ancestors of the
** In the ''[[
* In the ''[[Magic:
** One of the [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=131006 cards] in ''Planar Chaos'' discusses an alternate timeline, in which Mirri befalls Selenia's curse, eventually ascends to the position of evincar, and exterminates the moggs in favor of the [[Rubber Forehead Aliens|the Kor]].
** The Neurok were slaves (or at least a subordinate race) to the Vedalken, at least [[Turned Against Their Masters|until they took over Lumengrid]].
* Halflings in ''[[Pathfinder]]'' are enslaved on a large scale in several nations, Cheliax and Molthune being the two most infamous cases where halfling slavery is perfectly legal and accepted by the general population. As expected, halfling slaves started to rebel against their masters and formed the Bellflower Network whose goal is to free all halfling slaves and send them to neighbouring nations where they can enjoy a free life.
== Video Games ==
* In ''[[Achron]]'' {{spoiler|it is revealed that the Vecgir were enslaved by the Grekim, or rather by the AI that controlled both the Grekim and Vecgir. The difference is that the Grekim ''liked'' being controlled.}}
* The Ur-Quan from ''[[Star Control]] 2'' were once slaves of the Dnyarri. They [[Turned Against Their Masters]] and now have enslaved not only the Dnyarri (whom they've lobotomized) but <s>several other races</s> everyone else they can find ([[Vichy Earth|including humans]]) as well.
** The slavers are the good Ur-Quan. Bad ones just decided to kill everyone else.
* ''[[Half-Life (
** The Vortigaunts.
** The various synth units used by the Combine are implied to be created from races formerly enslaved by the Combine. The Combine seems to have something similar in mind for humanity.
* The Githzerai (conquered by the Ithillids) in [[Planescape: Torment]].
* {{spoiler|The Collectors}} of ''[[
** Some people (in universe and out) feel that the drell qualify, due to their subservient position to the hanar. Both the hanar and the drell will get extremely angry if you call the drell slaves, though. Because the hanar pretty much saved the drell from going extinct, the drell see their servitude under The Compact to be a way to repay the hanar for this immeasurable debt, and by all accounts drell servants are treated ''very'' well by the hanar.
* You find out late game in ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' that {{spoiler|the [[Physical God|Godlike]] Fal'cie are essentially this being created by the Maker for a single Focus they must obey for eternity and that the only measure of freedom they have is creating [[Blessed
** [[Final Fantasy VIII|Guardian Forces]] are technically this. Well, the equippable ones, anyway. Delves into [[Happiness in Slavery]] as well. Unfortunately, there isn't much explanation into this point.
* Everything that isn't a Pfhor in ''[[Marathon
* ''[[Dragon Age]]'' elves are a
* Many of the races of the Covenant in ''[[Halo (
* In the lore of ''[[
** The Falmer (Snow Elves) spent generations as slaves to the [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|Dwemer]], until, for unrelated reasons, the Dwemer all disappeared.
* Part of the [http://www.lastres0rt.com/2010/04/no-jigsaw-will-not-put-on-the-dress/ implied backstory] of the Talmi in ''[[Last
▲* Gnomes and Rift Halmes in ''[[Drow Tales]]''.
▲* Part of the [http://www.lastres0rt.com/2010/04/no-jigsaw-will-not-put-on-the-dress/ implied backstory] of the Talmi in ''[[Last Res 0 rt]]''.
* The boetheri from ''[[Twisted Mirrors]]''.
* ''[[Alien Dice]]'' has an interesting case of this, as {{spoiler|the Rishan are abducted humans}} who were genetically modified to be slaves. Whether they were [[Servant Race|happy]] or not is never discussed.
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* Part of the background of ''[[Terinu]]''. The Vulpine, Creo, Galen, Maud and Manzi were all conquered by the Varn Dominion and made to serve. Then the Dominion made the mistake of [[Humans Are Special|trying the same with Humanity]].
== Web Original ==
▲== Web Originals ==
* The ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]''. Most of the aliens who now live on Earth were originally brought as conquered slave races by the Xorn invaders in 1985. When the Xorn were defeated, tens of thousands of alien slaves were left behind, and most chose to stay on Earth and build new homes and lives rather than be returned to slavery under their former Xorn masters.
== Western Animation ==
* Referenced in a montage in ''[[Futurama]]''. In the year one million and a half, humanity as a whole is a slave race to giraffes.
* In ''[[Star Wars:
▲* [[The Bible]]: The Jews were a slave-race in Egypt for generations, until some dude named Moses told 'em to let his people go. The Pharoah eventually did so, after a series of plagues brought the country (formerly the greatest power in the region) to its knees.
▲* While the angels of [[The Quran (Literature)|The Quran]] are never outright called a slave race, they are functionally the same because they lack free will and hence have no ability to rebel against Allah. Some [[Works]] [[Sadly Mythtaken|act like this is also in]] [[The Bible]], which ignores that the bible mentions rebel angels.
== Real Life ==
* Blacks were used as slaves by several European nations, and by white Americans all the way until the Civil War. Native Americans were also used as slaves (and not only the US, but even more frequently in South America). Problem was, the Native American slave populations kept dying because of European diseases. So their owners solved this by importing African slaves to America instead.
** [[Your Mileage May Vary|YMMV]]. The African version of slavery varied over time and space, but in many areas, it was relatively
* The Helots, slaves/serfs of the Spartans, who outnumbered the Spartan citizenry by so much that the Spartans had a tradition of hunting them down and killing them. This wasn't considered murder; one of the duties of the ephors (Spartan magistrates) was to declare war on the helots every year so that Spartan citizens could legally kill them (the fact that they were surrounded and vastly outnumbered by slaves who had every reason to hate them is believed by some to account for the Spartans' extreme militaristic badassery). The people from Sparta certainly considered themselves to be a breed apart. To the point that, in order to be a Spartan soldier, you had to be able to trace your origins back several generations of pure-blooded Spartans. This... did not work out so well for them, as being so incredibly exclusive in who can be a "soldier" tends to result in running out of trained soldiers. Not all wars are fought in very narrow mountain passes where numbers don't matter.
** It is pretty much universally accepted that Spartan [[
* This is what [[Nazi Germany]] had in mind for practically all of Eastern Europe during [[World War II]], including the Poles, Ukrainians, and Russians. Their lands would be settled by Germans, and the remainder of the local "subhumans" would be their slaves. The ''remainder'', mind you. After about two thirds of the natives would already have been exterminated through organized starvation and ethnic cleansing.
** The Nazis even invoked the above example; Heinrich Himmler once said that the Russian people would be the Helots to Germany's Spartans.
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