George Fitzhugh Argues that Slavery is Better than Liberty and Equality, 1854. As the nineteenth century progressed, some Americans shifted their understanding of slavery from a necessary evil to a positive good. George Fitzhugh offered one of the most consistent and sophisticated defenses of slavery.
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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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One of the most vehement proponents of this argument was George Fitzhugh (1806–1881), a Virginia lawyer, writer, and slaveowner. He believed that civilization ...
George Fitzhugh was a Virginia lawyer and the author of two books and numerous articles advocating slavery. Says Fitzhugh, "... the negro race is inferior ...
There is no rivalry, no competition to get employment among slaves, as among free laborers. Nor is there a war between master and slave. The masters interest ...
George Fitzhugh advocates slavery. "The Universal Law of Slavery," by George Fitzhugh He the Negro is but a grown up child, and must be governed as a child ...
Three-fourths of free society are slaves, no better treated, when their wants and capacities are estimated, than negro slaves. The masters in free society, or ...
Virginia attorney George Fitzhugh argues that slavery benefited masters and slaves, and produced a society more peaceful and productive than the free labor ...
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