In the 18th Century a group of merchants in the East Moreland town of Freestone became concerned about the plight of slaves around the world. They started a campaign that lead to King Paul II banning the practice of slavery within the boarders of East Moreland. At the same time High Priestess Cassandra Wainwright issued a religious edict that no follower of Helus could own a slave or profit from the act of slavery. As such the King and High Priestess effectively ended slavery in East Moreland and stopped any Morelander from taking part in the horrific trade in human life.
Now roughly 300 years later we see the spectre of slavery still exists and nations such as Tamora profit from it. This is something we have seen several nations take the stance against by making gestures of buying slaves and freeing them, yet still 40million people sit in slavery in Tamora. This is something we feel can not be allowed to go unchallenged. While governments of the world have many issues to consider which blunts them from taking action, we the citizens of the world have no such issues. We have the ability to influence the way nations act by choosing where and how we spend our money.
With this in mind we are refounding the Freestone Abolotionist Society, this time however rather than ending slavery in just one nation we hope to end the practice of slavery globally. We shall do this in several ways;
1. Compile lists of companies that profit from slavery and encourage people to boycott their goods and services.
2. Pressure our governments to take action against people owning slaves.
3. Collect evidence of the human rights breeches of slave owners and where possible use court systems to bring them to justice.
4. Support slaves in gaining their freedom.
5. Spread awareness of slavery.
We invite the world to join us in Freestone to turn this society from a figment of the past to a force for justice in the world. The refounding of the FAS will take place on 21st August 2018 and we hope for your support.
Tim Carpenter
Melissa Lusk
Re-Founders of the FAS.