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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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism cannibalism].

69:8.3 [[Enslavement]] was a forward step in the [[merciful]] treatment of [[war]] captives. The ambush of [http://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 [http://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"[http://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."[http://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 [http://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 [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]].

69:8.5 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 [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]].

69:8.12 [[Modern]] [[society]] is in reverse. [[Slavery]] has nearly disappeared; [[domesticated]] [[animals]] are passing. [[Civilization]] is reaching back to [[fire]]—the inorganic world—for [[power]]. Man came up from savagery by way of [[fire]], [[animals]], and [[slavery]]; today he reaches back, discarding the help of [[slaves]] and the [[assistance]] of [[animals]], while he seeks to wrest new [[secrets]] and [[sources]] of [[wealth]] and [[power]] from the elemental storehouse of [[nature]].

69:8.12 [[Modern]] [[society]] is in reverse. [[Slavery]] has nearly disappeared; [[domesticated]] [[animals]] are passing. [[Civilization]] is reaching back to [[fire]]—the inorganic world—for [[power]]. Man came up from savagery by way of [[fire]], [[animals]], and [[slavery]]; today he reaches back, discarding the help of [[slaves]] and the [[assistance]] of [[animals]], while he seeks to wrest new [[secrets]] and [[sources]] of [[wealth]] and [[power]] from the elemental storehouse of [[nature]].

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[[Category:Paper 69 - Primitive Human Institutions]]

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