This was because his arguments were so controversial. Fitzhugh believed that slavery should be considered an important social arrangement and that this system would help the country advance and this would be to everyone's benefit. From this thought Fitzhugh became the first person to act against capitalism, in turn displaying its bad qualities. Fitzhugh openly spoke about black inferiority and all of his writings spoke of exploitation. Fitzhugh approved of capital in responsible hands.
All great enterprises owe their success to association of capital and labor .
Fitzhugh proposes a good way of life for slaves, which he considered more effective and in turn provide the slave with an easy life. Of all the inhabitants of the South, Fitzhugh understood his subject more thoroughly than anyone else. His writings defend slavery, for he really believes that it would be of great help to the blacks as well as to their masters, because they should both gain much from this union. George Fitzhugh was the most noted of the proslavery intellectuals. George Fitzhugh respectfully is by far the most important and influential of the southern philosophers of the time.