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See all on WikipediaFitzhugh is an English Anglo-Norman surname originating in Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire. It is patronymic as the prefix Fitz- derives from the Latin filius, meaning "son of". Its variants include FitzHugh, Fitz-Hugh, Fitz Hugh, fitz Hugh, and its associated given name turned surname Hugh. Fitzhugh is rare … See more
People with the name Fitzhugh include:
• Alice FitzHugh (c. 1448–1516), English noblewoman
• Ann Carroll Fitzhugh (1805–1875), American abolitionist See more• "Fitzhugh Genealogy", website about the history and genealogy of the Fitzhugh family See more
• Fitzhugh Andrews (1873–1961), American teacher and composer
• Fitzhugh Dodson (1923–1993), American clinical psychologist, lecturer, educator and author See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license George 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 decried capitalism as practiced by the Northern United States and Great Britain as spawning "a war of the rich wi…
Wikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA license- Relatives: George Fitzhugh (father), Lucy Stuart Fitzhugh (mother)
- Occupation: Lawyer
- Spouse: Mary Metcalf Brockenbrough
WEBJul 9, 2018 · George Fitzhugh was a slave-owner and social theorist who had some oddly egalitarian defenses of chattel slavery.
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WEBDec 22, 2021 · George Fitzhugh was a proslavery writer who defended slavery in Virginia and other states. He wrote two books, Sociology for the South and Cannibals All!, that attacked free society and free trade. He …
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Sociology for the South, or The Failure of Free Society
WEBApr 3, 2024 · Introduction. In the year that the Kansas-Nebraska Act roiled American politics, George Fitzhugh (1806–1881) published Sociology for the South. Fitzhugh …
WEBGeorge Fitzhugh (1806-1881) was a proslavery polemicist and sociologist who coined the term "sociology" in America. He argued that slavery was the best social system and …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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