George Fitzhugh
American historian
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George Fitzhugh 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. Wikipedia
Born: November 4, 1806, Prince William County, VA
Died: July 30, 1881 (age 74 years), Huntsville, TX
Parents: Lucy Fitzhugh
Era: 19th century philosophy
Main interests: Sociology; Slavery as a positive good
Notable work: Sociology for the South, or, the Failure of Free Society (1854); Cannibals All!, or, Slaves Without Masters (1857)
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