The slave trade and the origins of matrilineal kinship

The impact of the slave trade on sub-Saharan societies is positively correlated with the subsequent presence of matrilineal kinship and polygyny.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Ordinary Least Squares Estimator; Multinomial Logit Models	Supported	p < 0.05	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Polygyny	Dependent	Polygamy
Number of individuals abducted as part of the slave trade between 1400 and 1900	Independent	External Trade, Slavery
Ecology (including ruggedness of terrain, presence of malaria, etc.)	Control	Location
Presence of matrilineal kinship	Dependent	Rule Of Descent

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Whatley, Warren	2022	Proximity to an international slave port may increase the spread of slavery and polygyny jointly.	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Athias, Laure	2022	Children's vaccination rate for measles will be negatively correlated with maternal ancestral ethnic group exposure to the slave trade and matrilineal inheritance.	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Whatley, Warren	2022	In East Africa, proximity to an international slave port predicts a greater probability that a society will be organized around preservation of intergenerational slave wealth in nuclear-polygynous families, independent of political institutions.	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Pryor, Frederic L.	1977	Polygyny will be associated with the presence of slaves owned as social capital (p. 33).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Walters, Leoné, Chisadza, Carolyn, Clance, Matthew	2024	The temporary gender imbalance caused by the slave trades affected the cultural norms surrounding women and gender differently in patrilineal ethnic regions compared to non-patrilineal ones.	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author