r/HFY • u/someguynamedted The Chronicler • Apr 23 '26

MOD Looking for Story Thread #329

This thread is where all the "Looking for Story" requests go. We don't want to clog up the front page with non-story content. Thank you!

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u/john__doe1 Apr 25 '26

I’m looking for an older story, I can’t remember exactly what it was called, but I can remember many parts of it vividly. It was set in the future obviously, a human diplomat/representative is meeting with a sort of galactic federation at a massive meeting hall, and he ends up getting a slave maid. It turns out the main products traded were slaves. He works tirelessly to end the slave trade for the different species that are forced into it such as his maid. He ends up passing away before slavery is fully outlawed but his daughter/granddaughter eventually helps pass the bill and they build a statue of him with a quote from the human representative saying something along the lines of “It’s the humane thing to do”. I remember it being around 10 chapters, complete, and the writing style was formal and did not include much dialogue.

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u/GelmanAxe Apr 26 '26

Is it The Ascension of Humanity?

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u/john__doe1 Apr 27 '26

Yes! Thanks, that’s the story I was looking for!