Three stages in the evolution of slavery in precivilized societies

Greater socioeconomic development will be positively associated with legal codification for slavery (114, 116).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Mann-Whitney U-Test	Supported	p<.005	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Legal Codification For Slavery	Dependent	Slavery, Legal Norms
Socioeconomic Development	Independent	Gender Status

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Bowden, Edgar	1973	Greater socioeconomic development will be positively associated with better conditions of life and freedoms for slaves (114, 116).	Marginally supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bowden, Edgar	1973	Greater socioeconomic development will be positively associated with recruiting slaves from within the society (rather than externally) (114, 116).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Shiels, Dean	1986	Cultural complexity will be positively associated with legal development (4).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Pryor, Frederic L.	1977	Extrasocietal slavery occurs at lower levels of economic development than intrasocietal slavery (247).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Pryor, Frederic L.	1977	The emergence of slavery is an inevitable stage of societal development (222).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author