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69:8.1 [[Primitive]] man never hesitated to [[enslave]] his fellows. [[Woman]] was the first [[slave]], a [[family]] slave. Pastoral man enslaved woman as his inferior [[sex]] [[partner]]. This sort of [[sex]] [[slavery]] grew directly out of man's decreased dependence upon [[woman]].

69:8.1 [[Primitive]] man never hesitated to [[enslave]] his fellows. [[Woman]] was the first [[slave]], a [[family]] slave. Pastoral man enslaved woman as his inferior [[sex]] [[partner]]. This sort of [[sex]] [[slavery]] grew directly out of man's decreased dependence upon [[woman]].

69:8.2 Not long ago [[enslavement]] was the lot of those [[military]] captives who refused to [[accept]] the [[conqueror]]'s [[religion]]. In earlier times captives were either eaten, [[torture]]d to [[death]], set to fighting each other, [[sacrificed]] to [[spirits]], or enslaved. [[Slavery]] was a great advancement over [[Genocide|massacre]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism cannibalism].

69:8.2 Not long ago [[enslavement]] was the lot of those [[military]] captives who refused to [[accept]] the [[conqueror]]'s [[religion]]. In earlier times captives were either eaten, [[torture]]d to [[death]], set to fighting each other, [[sacrificed]] to [[spirits]], or enslaved. [[Slavery]] was a great advancement over [[Genocide|massacre]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism cannibalism].

69:8.3 [[Enslavement]] was a forward step in the [[merciful]] treatment of [[war]] captives. The ambush of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Joshua#Chapter__.8 Ai], with the wholesale slaughter of [[men]], [[women]], and [[children]], only the king being saved to [[gratify]] the [[conqueror]]'s [[vanity]], is a [[faithful]] picture of the barbaric slaughter [[practiced]] by even supposedly [[civilized]] peoples. The raid upon [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Joshua#Chapter__.2 Og], the king of Bashan, was equally brutal and [[effective]]. The [[Hebrews]] "utterly destroyed"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_Book_of_Samuel#Chapter_15] their enemies, taking all their [[property]] as spoils. They put all [[cities]] under [[tribute]] on [[pain]] of the "destruction of all males."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Numbers#Chapter_.31] But many of the contemporary [[tribes]], those having less tribal [[egotism]], had long since begun to [[practice]] the [[adoption]] of superior captives.

69:8.3 [[Enslavement]] was a forward step in the [[merciful]] treatment of [[war]] captives. The ambush of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Joshua#Chapter__.8 Ai], with the wholesale slaughter of [[men]], [[women]], and [[children]], only the king being saved to [[gratify]] the [[conqueror]]'s [[vanity]], is a [[faithful]] picture of the barbaric slaughter [[practiced]] by even supposedly [[civilized]] peoples. The raid upon [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Joshua#Chapter__.2 Og], the king of Bashan, was equally brutal and [[effective]]. The [[Hebrews]] "utterly destroyed"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_Book_of_Samuel#Chapter_15] their enemies, taking all their [[property]] as spoils. They put all [[cities]] under [[tribute]] on [[pain]] of the "destruction of all males."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Numbers#Chapter_.31] But many of the contemporary [[tribes]], those having less tribal [[egotism]], had long since begun to [[practice]] the [[adoption]] of superior captives.

69:8.4 The [[hunter]], like the [[American]] red man, did not enslave. He either adopted or killed his captives. [[Slavery]] was not prevalent among the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral pastoral] peoples, for they needed few laborers. In [[war]] the herders made a [[practice]] of killing all [[men]] captives and taking as [[slaves]] only the [[women]] and [[children]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy#Chapter_.21 Mosaic code contained specific directions] for making [[wives]] of these [[women]] captives. If not satisfactory, they could be sent away, but the [[Hebrews]] were not allowed to sell such rejected consorts as [[slaves]]—that was at least one advance in [[civilization]]. Though the [[social]] [[standards]] of the [[Hebrews]] were crude, they were far above those of the [[surrounding]] [[tribes]].

69:8.4 The [[hunter]], like the [[American]] red man, did not enslave. He either adopted or killed his captives. [[Slavery]] was not prevalent among the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral pastoral] peoples, for they needed few laborers. In [[war]] the herders made a [[practice]] of killing all [[men]] captives and taking as [[slaves]] only the [[women]] and [[children]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy#Chapter_.21 Mosaic code contained specific directions] for making [[wives]] of these [[women]] captives. If not satisfactory, they could be sent away, but the [[Hebrews]] were not allowed to sell such rejected consorts as [[slaves]]—that was at least one advance in [[civilization]]. Though the [[social]] [[standards]] of the [[Hebrews]] were crude, they were far above those of the [[surrounding]] [[tribes]].

69:8.5 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherds herders] were the first capitalists; their herds represented capital, and they lived on the interest—the natural increase. And they were disinclined to [[trust]] this [[wealth]] to the keeping of either [[slaves]] or [[women]]. But later on they took [[male]] prisoners and forced them to [[cultivate]] the [[soil]]. This is the early [[origin]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serfdom serfdom]—man attached to the [[land]]. The Africans could easily be taught to till the [[soil]]; hence they became the great [[slave]] [[race]].

69:8.5 The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherds herders] were the first capitalists; their herds represented capital, and they lived on the interest—the natural increase. And they were disinclined to [[trust]] this [[wealth]] to the keeping of either [[slaves]] or [[women]]. But later on they took [[male]] prisoners and forced them to [[cultivate]] the [[soil]]. This is the early [[origin]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serfdom serfdom]—man attached to the [[land]]. The Africans could easily be taught to till the [[soil]]; hence they became the great [[slave]] [[race]].

69:8.6 [[Slavery]] was an indispensable link in the chain of [[human]] [[civilization]]. It was the bridge over which [[society]] passed from [[chaos]] and indolence to order and civilized [[activities]]; it compelled backward and lazy peoples to [[work]] and thus provide [[wealth]] and [[leisure]] for the [[social]] advancement of their superiors.

69:8.6 [[Slavery]] was an indispensable link in the chain of [[human]] [[civilization]]. It was the bridge over which [[society]] passed from [[chaos]] and indolence to order and civilized [[activities]]; it compelled backward and lazy peoples to [[work]] and thus provide [[wealth]] and [[leisure]] for the [[social]] advancement of their superiors.

69:8.7 The [[institution]] of [[slavery]] compelled man to [[invent]] the regulative [[mechanism]] of [[primitive]] [[society]]; it gave [[origin]] to the beginnings of [[government]]. [[Slavery]] demands strong regulation and during the European [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages] virtually disappeared because the feudal lords could not [[control]] the slaves. The backward [[tribes]] of ancient times, like the [[native]] Australians of today, never had [[slaves]].

69:8.7 The [[institution]] of [[slavery]] compelled man to [[invent]] the regulative [[mechanism]] of [[primitive]] [[society]]; it gave [[origin]] to the beginnings of [[government]]. [[Slavery]] demands strong regulation and during the European [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages] virtually disappeared because the feudal lords could not [[control]] the slaves. The backward [[tribes]] of ancient times, like the [[native]] Australians of today, never had [[slaves]].

69:8.8 True, [[slavery]] was [[oppressive]], but it was in the schools of [[oppression]] that man learned [[industry]]. Eventually the [[slaves]] shared the [[blessings]] of a higher [[society]] which they had so unwillingly helped [[create]]. Slavery creates an [[organization]] of [[culture]] and [[social]] achievement but soon insidiously attacks [[society]] internally as the gravest of all destructive [[social]] [[Disease|maladies]].

69:8.8 True, [[slavery]] was [[oppressive]], but it was in the schools of [[oppression]] that man learned [[industry]]. Eventually the [[slaves]] shared the [[blessings]] of a higher [[society]] which they had so unwillingly helped [[create]]. Slavery creates an [[organization]] of [[culture]] and [[social]] achievement but soon insidiously attacks [[society]] internally as the gravest of all destructive [[social]] [[Disease|maladies]].

69:8.9 [[Modern]] [[mechanical]] [[invention]] rendered the [[slave]] obsolete. [[Slavery]], like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy polygamy], is passing because it does not pay. But it has always proved disastrous suddenly to [[liberate]] great numbers of slaves; less trouble ensues when they are [[gradually]] [[emancipated]].

69:8.9 [[Modern]] [[mechanical]] [[invention]] rendered the [[slave]] obsolete. [[Slavery]], like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy polygamy], is passing because it does not pay. But it has always proved disastrous suddenly to [[liberate]] great numbers of slaves; less trouble ensues when they are [[gradually]] [[emancipated]].

69:8.10 Today, men are not [[social]] [[slaves]], but thousands allow [[ambition]] to enslave them to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt debt]. Involuntary [[slavery]] has given way to a new and improved form of [[modified]] [[industrial]] servitude.

69:8.10 Today, men are not [[social]] [[slaves]], but thousands allow [[ambition]] to enslave them to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt debt]. Involuntary [[slavery]] has given way to a new and improved form of [[modified]] [[industrial]] servitude.

69:8.11 While the [[ideal]] of [[society]] is [[universal]] [[freedom]], idleness should never be tolerated. All able-bodied [[persons]] should be compelled to do at least a self-sustaining amount of [[work]].

69:8.11 While the [[ideal]] of [[society]] is [[universal]] [[freedom]], idleness should never be tolerated. All able-bodied [[persons]] should be compelled to do at least a self-sustaining amount of [[work]].