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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" [2] [3] needing the economic and social protections of slavery.
[22]: 37 Fitzhugh summed up his pro-slavery stance with the following argument: "It is the duty of society to protect the weak;" but protection cannot be efficient without the power of control; therefore, "It is the duty of society to enslave the weak." [38] Fitzhugh's views were influential and widely acknowledged in the South.
In The Universal Law of Slavery, Fitzhugh argues that slavery provides everything necessary for life and that the slave is unable to survive in a free world because he is lazy, and cannot compete with the intelligent European white race. He states that "The negro slaves of the South are the happiest, and in some sense, the freest people in the ...
Hannah-Jones suggested a project to examine the impact of slavery on American society and the ways in which that impact lingers to this day. In August of that year, the New York Times magazine ...
Statesmen Thomas Lynch of South Carolina laid bare the risk of secession over slavery as early as July of 1776, pledging on the floor of the Assembly Room in Independence Hall that any attempt by ...
The 1,280-acre (5.2 km 2) plantation included an orchard, mill, and a race track where Fitzhugh's horses vied with those of other planters for prize money. Fitzhugh named the mansion after the British parliamentarian William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, who championed many of the opinions held by American colonists before the Revolutionary War. [2]
Hughes was one of the first Americans to use the term "sociology" in a book title with his Treatise on Sociology, Theoretical and Practical, the other being George Fitzhugh's Sociology for the South. [1] [2] [8] He argued that the economic system of the South was superior to that of the North. [1]
The world's trade in slaves, followed by slavery itself, was abolished by the British in the 19th century, against opposition in Africa and Asia, where it was considered normal. The economic effects of slavery are also misunderstood since slaves were often a luxury item whose upkeep was a drain on the rich, and the availability of cheap slave ...