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{{Magazinebox 
|Title= The Slaves
|image= 
|1st=[[Fantomen 14/1972|''Fantomen'' 14/1972]]
|Pages= 22
|Writer= [[Magnus Knutsson]]
|Artist= [[Jaime Vallvé]]
|Colorist=N/A
|Producer=[[Semic Press]]
|}}

'''"The Slaves"''' is a 1972 [[Team Fantomen stories|Team Fantomen story]], written by [[Magnus Knutsson]], with art by [[Jaime Vallvé]].

==Plot synopsis==
Young men from the jungle tribes who travel to Morristown for work are not heard from again. The Phantom discovers that the men have been tricked into signing up for mining work in Rodia where they are used for arduous manual labour without permission to leave.

== Appearances ==
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'''Recurring characters'''
*[[The 21st Phantom]]
*[[Guran]]
*[[Lamanda Luaga|President Luaga]]
*[[Llionto|Chief of Llongo]]
*[[Wambatta|Chief of Wambesi]]
*[[Nelson N'Dela|Colonel X of RLA]]
'''One-time characters'''
*Kenga's fiancee
*Kenga
*Didelo (mentioned)
*Mumba 
*Ox
*Willie
*Amanuensis M'Bobo of the Museum
*Captain Okwe of RLA

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'''Locations'''
*[[Bangalla|Bengali]]
**[[Deep Woods]]
***[[The Skull Cave]]
**[[Mawitaan|Morristown]]
***Bar
***Gazelle Alley
***[[Morristown Presidential Palace|Presidential Palace]]
***Museum (possibly a natural history museum)
*[[Rodia]]
**The Morris Mine
**[[Marcusburg]]
**Avayo
**RLA Headquarters
'''Organizations'''
*[[Rodian Liberation Army]]
*[[Rodian Secret Police]]
'''Newspapers'''
*''The Marcusburg News''
*''The Bengalitown Post'' (mentioned)
'''Tribes'''
*[[Bandar]]
*[[Llongo]]
*[[Wambesi]]

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== Behind the scenes ==
*According to [[Janne Lundström]]'s receipts donated to [https://www.seriearkivet.se/ Seriearkivet/The Comics Archive], he did the editing of the script for this story.

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
*"The Slaves", [[The Phantom 1844 (Frew)|''The Phantom'' #1844]] (2019)

=== [[Image:mini_denmark.gif]] Denmark ===
*"Slavearbejderne", [[Fantomet 57|''Fantomet'' #57]] (1975)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway===
*"Slavearbeiderne", [[Fantomet 2/1973|''Fantomet'' 2/1973]]
*"Slavearbeiderne", [[Krønikebok 33|''Krønikebok'' #33]] (2007)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Slavarbetarna", [[Fantomen 14/1972|''Fantomen'' 14/1972]]
*"Slavarbetarna", [[Fantomen Krönika 4/2003|''Fantomen Krönika'' 4/2003]]
*"Slavarbetarna", [[Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1972, Del 3|''Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången'' 1972, Del 3]] (2023)
*"Slavarbetarna", [[På förbjuden mark|''På förbjuden mark'']] (2025)

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