BIOL 1202 : Exam 3
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System of social stratification: groups divided according to. Slavery: most common in agricultural societies, least common among nomads, usually based on. Debt- creditors would enslave people who could pay off their debt. War- once one group conquered the other they would enslave the survivors. Conditions of slavery: in some places, slavery was temporary. Freedom purchased: slavery wasn"t necessarily inheritable. Children adopted by rich families: slaves weren"t necessarily powerless and poor. Slavery in the new world (us) and modern slavery: some analyst conclude slavery led to racism. Us slaves owners developed an ideology to defend slavery that placed whites higher than blacks in social terms: modern child slavery, mostly in africa, asia, and south america. Only marrying within your own group: ritual pollution rules. People couldn"t go within a certain distance of untouchables : most well known caste society today is india. India religious castes: untouchables contaminate members of a higher caste, caste system formally abolished in 1949.
