George Fitzhugh - Wikipedia
WEBGeorge Fitzhugh (November 4, 1806 – July 30, 1881) was an American social theorist who published racial and slavery-based social theories in the antebellum era. He argued that the negro was "but a grown up child" [2] [3] needing the …
George Fitzhugh (1806–1881) - Encyclopedia Virginia
WEBDec 22, 2021 · George Fitzhugh was a proslavery writer best known for two books: Sociology for the South; or the Failure of Free Society (1854) and Cannibals All! or, Slaves Without Masters (1857). Born in Prince William County and raised in King George County, Fitzhugh studied law before marrying and establishing a practice in Caroline County.
George Fitzhugh | Encyclopedia.com
WEBGeorge Fitzhugh (1806-1881), American polemicist and pioneer sociologist, was a prominent defender of slavery. By his methods of debate he broke new ground for social analyses. George Fitzhugh was born on Nov. 4, 1806, in Prince William County, Va., of a well-regarded but only moderately well-off family. His title to aristocratic ancestry, of ...
Summary of Sociology for the South, or, The Failure of Free Society
WEBIn Sociology for the South, Fitzhugh sets out to demonstrate what he perceives as the overwhelming failure of free society. Opening with a critique of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, he also rejects Locke's theory of the social contract.
Sociology for the South, or The Failure of Free Society
WEBApr 3, 2024 · In the year that the Kansas-Nebraska Act roiled American politics, George Fitzhugh (1806–1881) published Sociology for the South. Fitzhugh was a prominent American social theorist who popularized a political and social justification for …
George Fitzhugh, 1806-1881 - University of North Carolina at …
WEBFitzhugh, George, 1806-1881. Slavery advocate. Fitzhugh, from Port Royal, Va., was the descendant of an old southern family that had fallen on hard times. He practiced law and struggled as a small planter but made a reputation with two books, Sociology for the South (1854) and Cannibals All!
George Fitzhugh - Wikiwand
WEBGeorge Fitzhugh (November 4, 1806 – July 30, 1881) was an American social theorist who published racial and slavery-based social theories in the antebellum era. He argued that the negro was "but a grown up child" needing the economic and social protections of slavery.
Fitzhugh, George | Encyclopedia.com
WEBGeorge Fitzhugh, 1806–81, American author and editor, b. Prince William co., Va. Although he had little formal education he was admitted to the bar, but he devoted little time to the practice of law. His voluminous writing on slavery and the race question soon gained him recognition in both the North and the South as a leading proponent of ...
George Fitzhugh — Harvard University Press
WEBGeorge Fitzhugh, lawyer, planter, newspaperman, sociologist, was born in Virginia in 1806. He married in 1829, had nine children, and lived until the Civil War in his wife’s home in Port Royal, Virginia. During this period he practiced law, was employed b...
Africans in America/Part 4/Fitzhugh - PBS
WEBAfricans in America/Part 4/Fitzhugh. "The Universal Law of Slavery," by George Fitzhugh. He the Negro is but a grown up child, and must be governed as a child, not as a lunatic or criminal....
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