Manu Smriti - Hindu Online

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8.415. There are slaves of seven kinds, (viz.) he who is made a captive under a standard, he who serves for his
daily food, he who is born in the house, he who is bought and he who is given, he who is inherited from
ancestors, and he who is enslaved by way of punishment.
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8.416. A wife, a son, and a slave, these three are declared to have no property; the wealth which they earn is
(acquired) for him to whom they belong.
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8.417. A Brahmana may confidently seize the goods of (his) Sudra (slave); for, as that (slave) can have no
property, his master may take his possessions.
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8.418. (The king) should carefully compel Vaisyas and Sudra to perform the work (prescribed) for them; for if
these two (castes) swerved from their duties, they would throw this (whole) world into confusion.
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8.419. Let him daily look after the completion of his undertakings, his beasts of burden, and carriages, (the
collection of) his revenues and the disbursements, his mines and his treasury.
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8.420. A king who thus brings to a conclusion. all the legal business enumerated above, and removes all sin,
reaches the highest state (of bliss).