Note 328 — Chapter II · HUNTERS AND FISHERS.
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Furthering the growth of slavery. Hindering the growth of slavery.
I. Internal causes.
A. General: 1º. Subsistence easily acquired and not dependent on capital. 1º. Subsistence dependent on capital.
2º. Subsistence not dependent on capital, but difficult to acquire.
B. Secondary, economic: 1º. Preserving of food. 1º. Female labour making slave labour superfluous.
2º. Trade and industry.
3º. A high position of women.
C. Secondary, non-economic: 1º. Slaves wanted for military purposes. 1º. Militarism making slavery impossible.
II. External causes: 1º. Fixed habitations.
2º. Living in large groups.
3º. Preserving of food328.
4º. The existence of a homogeneous group of tribes.