George Fitzhugh
American historian
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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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 ...
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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 ...
George Fitzhugh was born November 4, 1806 in Prince William County, Virginia to an established southern family in financial decline.
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FITZHUGH, George, sociologist, born in Prince William County, Virginia, 2 July 1807; died in Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, 30 July 1881.