Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-26815144-20170128062127/@comment-26236093-20170128100010

I doubt that the High-Folk of Gondor and the Horse-Masters of Calenardhon would ever participate in such evil practices, even against those who they considered to be lessser or 'Swarthy' Men. There is however a passage from The Two Towers that tells of the victorious Men of the Westfold putting the Wildmen of Dunland to repair the Deeping-Coomb and Hornburg, with the promise of freedom should they complete the work their masters had set and swear never to set foot in Rohan again.

"But the others, all that were not hurt or wounded, began a great labour; for many had fallen in the battle and lay dead upon the field or in the Deep. No Orcs remained alive; their bodies were uncounted. But a great many of the hillmen had given themselves up; and they were afraid, and cried for mercy. The Men of the Mark took their weapons from them, and set them to work. ‘Help now to repair the evil in which you have joined,’ said Erkenbrand; ‘and afterwards you shall take an oath never again to pass the Fords of Isen in arms, nor to march with the enemies of Men; and then you shall go free back to your land. For you have been deluded by Saruman. Many of you have got death as the reward of your trust in him; but had you conquered, little better would your wages have been.’ The men of Dunland were amazed; for Saruman had told them that the men of Rohan were cruel and burned their captives alive."

- The Two Towers