I have done my best to check through the forums to see if this has been discussed elsewhere but can't find any theories as to why the Mallers would be keeping slaves.
To my mind the slaves dont have much value to the Mallers themselves. We don't know of any fields or factories they have to put them to work into; particularly as they are on the move right now.
So, either the Mallers have a need for manual labour at their destination (perhaps to build something) or the slaves have another value to the Mallers. We know that one section of the Mallers is travelling south, could they have a knowledge of the colony (they apparently have a sophisticated radio set-up) and intend to try and trade their way into the colony?
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