Note 446 — Chapter II · GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF SLAVERY.
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Although Man does not explicitly state that the Andamanese have no slaves, his elaborate account of their social life sufficiently proves that they are unacquainted with slavery. Social status is dependent on relationship, on skill in hunting, fishing etc., and on a reputation for generosity and hospitality. A child captured in war “would meet with kindly treatment, in the hope of his or her being induced ultimately to become a member of the captor’s tribe”446.