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  2. Fitzhugh published the most spirited defense of slavery of any antebellum Virginian. In doing so he exacerbated sectional tensions over the issue. Fitzhugh aimed his proslavery writings to provoke reactions from opponents, but he articulated a resilient social mythology of slaveholder paternalism.

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    How did George Fitzhugh contribute to the defense of slavery?
    The Virginian George Fitzhugh contributed to the defense of slavery with his book Sociology for the South, or the Failure of Free Society (1854). Fitzhugh argued that laissez-faire capitalism, as celebrated by Adam Smith, benefited only the quick-witted and intelligent, leaving the ignorant at a huge disadvantage.

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    Did George Fitzhugh believe in white slavery?
    George Fitzhugh’s views were certainly unique in the Antebellum. Although many of his countrymen might have shared his view about the inferiority of blacks, the idea of white slavery in America was not an appealing selling point for his ideology.

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    What does Fitzhugh say about slavery?
    Continuing the argument in an addendum published four years later Fitzhugh wrote, “Experience has universally shown, that the slavery of the working classes to the rich, which grows out of liberty and equality, or free competition, is ten times more onerous and exacting than domestic slavery.”

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    How did Fitzhugh expand the institution of slavery?
    In order to expand the institution of slavery, Fitzhugh proposed both the enslavement of all free black people and the enslavement of working-class people of all races, making him notable as possibly the only anti-abolitionist to propose slavery be expanded to include white people.

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      WEBDec 22, 2021 · In the years before the American Civil War (1861–1865), Fitzhugh distinguished himself for his aggressive and provocative defenses of slavery. In Fitzhugh’s writings, Virginia slaveholders presided over a …

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