any rate, the community at large would sympathise with her, and the public resentment against the oppressor would result in customs or laws limiting the {xxi} husband's rights, p. 659.--The offended woman may count upon the support of her fellow-sisters, _ibid._--The children's affection and regard for their mother gives her power, _ibid._--The influence which economic conditions exercise on the position of woman, pp. 659-661.--The status of wives connected with the ideas held about the female sex in general, p. 661.--Woman regarded as intellectually and morally vastly inferior to man, especially among nations more advanced in culture, pp. 661-663. --Progress in civilisation has exercised an unfavourable influence on the position of woman by widening the gulf between the sexes, p. 663.--Religion has contributed to her degradation by regarding her as unclean, p. 663 _sq._--Women excluded from religious worship and sacred functions, pp. 664-666.--The notion that woman is unclean, however, gives her a secret power over her husband, as women are supposed to be better versed in magic than men, pp. 666-668.--The curses of women greatly feared, p. 668.--Woman as an asylum, p. 668 _sq._--In archaic civilisation the _status_ of married women was affected by the fact that the house-father was invested with some part of the power which formerly belonged to the clan, p. 669.--Causes of the decrease of the husband's authority over his wife in modern civilisation, _ibid._ CHAPTER XXVII SLAVERY Definition of slavery, p. 670 _sq._--The distribution of slavery and its causes among savages, pp. 671-674.--The earliest source of slavery was probably war or conquest, p. 674 _sq._--Intra-tribal slavery among savages, p. 675 _sq._--The master's power over his slave among slave-holding savages, pp. 676-678.--Among the lower races slaves are generally treated kindly, pp. 678-680.--Intra-tribal slaves, especially such as are born in the house, generally treated better than extra-tribal or purchased slaves, p. 680 _sq._--Slavery among the nations of archaic culture, pp. 681-693.--The attitude of Christianity towards slavery, pp. 693-700.--The supposed causes of the extinction of slavery in Europe, pp. 697-701.--The chief cause the transformation of slavery into serfdom, p. 701.--Serfdom only a transitory condition leading up to a state of entire liberty, pp. 701-703.--The attitude of the Church towards serfdom, p. 703 _sq._--The negro slavery in the colonies of European countries and the Southern States of America, and the legislation relating to it, pp. 704-711.--The support given to it by the clergy, pp. 711-713.--The want of sympathy for, or positive antipathy to, the coloured race, p. 713 _sq._--The opinions regarding slavery and the condition of slaves influenced by altruistic considerations, p. 714 _sq._--The condition of slaves influenced by the selfish considerations of their masters, p. 715 _sq._ THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MORAL IDEAS