Primitive races often enslaved each other based on their progressiveness, leading to the origin of slavery on early planets. [1]
Primitive man, who never hesitated to enslave his fellows, viewed woman as a family slave, leading to a system of sex slavery rooted in man's diminished reliance on woman. [2]
Lending at exorbitant rates was a primitive method of enslavement, creating a cycle of indebtedness that transformed moneylenders into kings and debtors into bound servants. [3]
Primitive man was a slave to usage, but innovators have dared to initiate new ways of thinking and improved methods of living, despite the inertia of the past acting as a safety brake against rapid advancement. [4]
Agriculture introduced the institutions of slavery and private land ownership, enabling masters to achieve a higher standard of living and enjoy increased leisure for social culture. [5]
Slavery was not prevalent among pastoral peoples, who in war would kill men captives and only enslave women and children, as seen in the Hebrews' higher level of civilization. [6] The early origin of serfdom was man attached to the land, and the Africans became the great slave race. [7]
Slavery, a feature of military conquest, brought about the first general division of society into free and bond. [8] Enslavement was a significant advancement in civilization, bridging chaos to order and compelling lazy peoples to work for the betterment of society. [9] Today, men allow ambition to enslave them to a new form of industrial servitude in slavery to debt. [10]
The early Christian church was tolerant of slavery due to the possibility of emancipation leading to elevated social status and success for some slaves. [11] Secularism breaks church bonds, only to betray man into political and economic slavery. [12] The specialization of labor was based on slavery, stemming from the conqueror's relations with the conquered, marking the start of human enslavement. [13]
The abolition of slavery ensures freedom for all persons by eliminating human bondage and serfdom. [14] Involuntary servitude is abolished on normal worlds after the arrival of Adams. [15]
In the continental nation, social antagonisms have lessened, and good will is growing as the abolition of slavery was achieved gradually over one hundred years ago. [16]
Slavery forced unproductive groups to work, driving progress and creating wealth for society. [17] Slavery compelled man to invent the regulative mechanism of society and laid the foundation for government. [18] Enslavement of captives represented a great advance over massacre and cannibalism, marking a more merciful treatment of war captives in earlier times. [19] Slavery, an indispensable link in civilization, propelled societies from chaos to order, driving social advancement and the birth of government. [20] Man's consent to till the soil liberated captors' wives from tilling soil. [21] Slavery in agriculture raised masters' standard of living and allowed for more leisure in social culture. [22] Despite its oppression, slavery ultimately led to the slaves sharing in the blessings of higher society they helped create. [23]
The glorious era of Greek art perished under the weight of descendants of Danubian slaves, leading to a decline in spiritual and cultural excellence in the Aegean region. [24] The practice of saving mediocre captives as slaves deteriorated the Cro-Magnon type, despite cultural advances from the Mesopotamian invasion. [25] Slavery was a reason for Roman decline. [26]
Slavery, while oppressive, taught industry, leading to shared blessings and social achievement, yet insidiously attacks society as the gravest destructive social malady. [27]