Three stages in the evolution of slavery in precivilized societies

Behavior Science Notes • Vol/Iss. 8 • Published In • Pages: 111-121 •
By Bowden, Edgar

Abstract

This article proposes three stages of slavery: dominance slavery, temporary decline of slavery, and economic slavery. Dominance slavery refers to the enslavement of war captives while economic slavery entails a legally codified slave class in a more economically stratified society. Mann-Whitney summed-rank tests suggest that economic slavery is associated with higher socioeconomic development, here defined in terms of male-dominance rather than equidominance in a society.
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