>These things are unknown in most h/g cultures. My view on this
>is that agriculture in fact is the most important cause. (This
>does not mean that it is a necessity). As soon as a society is
>storing a main part of the food (grains or dried fish or whatever),
>or keeping herds of domesticated animals there is always a big risk
>for unequality, wich in turn is the root of oppression, torture and
>slavery.

I could be wrong, but didn't the Coast Indians and other Indian tribes of
the Pacific Northwest have a lot of slaves? And, they were leading a HG
existence, right?