  george fitzhugh (november 4, 1806 â july 30, 1881) was an american social theorist who published racial and slavery-based sociological theories in the antebellum era. he argued that "the negro is but a grown up child"fitzhugh, george (1854). "negro slavery." in: sociology for the south, chap. v, a. morris publisher, p. 83."george fitzhugh advocates slavery." in: the black american: a documentary history, foresman and company, illinois, 1976, 1970. who needs the economic and social protections of slavery. fitzhugh decried capitalism as spawning "a war of the rich with the poor, and the poor with one another"fitzhugh (1854), p. 22.&nbsp;â rendering free blacks "far outstripped or outwitted in the chase of free competition."fitzhugh (1854), p. 84. slavery, he contended, ensured that blacks would be economically secure and morally civilized. fitzhugh practiced law and was a painter for years, but attracted both fame and infamy when he published two sociological tracts for the south. he was a leading pro-slavery intellectualgilpin, drew faust (1977). a sacred circle: the dilemma of the intellectual in the old south, 1840â1860, johns hopkins university press. and spoke for many of the southern plantation owners. before printing books, fitzhugh tried his hand at a pamphlet titled "slavery justified" (1849). his first book, sociology for the south (1854) was not as widely known as his second book, cannibals all! (1857). fitzhugh differed from nearly all of his southern contemporaries by advocating a slavery that crossed racial boundaries. writing in the richmond inquirer on 15 december 1855, fitzhugh proclaimed: "the principle of slavery is in itself right, and does not depend on difference of complexion", "nature has made the weak in mind or body slaves&nbsp;... the wise and virtuous, the strong in body and mind, are born to command", and "the declaration of independence is exuberantly false, and aborescently fallacious.""brown here q
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