Even In The Rudest Tribes, The Women And Children Were Subject To The Will Of
The Stronger, The Head Of The Family. Among The Aryan Races The Family
System Was Widened, And The Patriarch Of The Tribe Secured Personal
Obedience And Economic Services From All Members Of The Community.
Chattel Slavery, The Typical Form Of Industrial Organization In Early
Tropical Civilization, Seems To Have Been One Of The Necessary Steps
To Progress From Rude Conditions; Students To-Day Incline To View It
As An Essential Stage In The History Of The Race. But As Conditions
Changed With Industrial Development, Chattel Slavery Became An
Inefficient Form Of Industrial Organization And A Hindrance To
Progress.