Cannibals All!: Or, Slaves Without MastersSouthern intellectual George Fitzhugh provides a passionate defense of slavery in this nearly 400-page volume published in 1857. Further developing ideas in his previous work Sociology for the South, Fitzhugh not only defends slavery but attacks the entire liberal tradition. Attacking Adam Smith, John Locke, Thomas Jefferson and others, Fitzhugh argues that free markets are harmful to society by forcing the lower classes into crushing labor and poverty. The answer, Fitzhugh argues, is slavery--not only for blacks, but for whites as well. "Slavery," he writes, "is a form, and the very best form, of socialism." |
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Halaman xvii
We could give many private anecdotes , and quote thousands of authorities , to prove that such is the exact state of opinion with the multitudinous isms of the North . The correctness of our statement will not be denied .
We could give many private anecdotes , and quote thousands of authorities , to prove that such is the exact state of opinion with the multitudinous isms of the North . The correctness of our statement will not be denied .
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Tis true we had broached this doctrine ; but with the world at large our authority was merely repulsive , whilst the same doctrine , coming from Aristotle , had , besides his name , two thousand years of human approval and concurrence ...
Tis true we had broached this doctrine ; but with the world at large our authority was merely repulsive , whilst the same doctrine , coming from Aristotle , had , besides his name , two thousand years of human approval and concurrence ...
Halaman 28
Probably , you are a lawyer , or a merchant , or a doctor , who have made by your business fifty thousand dollars , and retired to live on your capital . But , mark ! not to spend your capital . That would be vulgar , disreputable ...
Probably , you are a lawyer , or a merchant , or a doctor , who have made by your business fifty thousand dollars , and retired to live on your capital . But , mark ! not to spend your capital . That would be vulgar , disreputable ...
Halaman 31
All other is worthless , a mere caput mortuum , except in so far as it vests the owner with the power to command the labors of others -- to enslave them . Give you a palace , ten thousand acres of land , sumptuous ១ clothes , equipage ...
All other is worthless , a mere caput mortuum , except in so far as it vests the owner with the power to command the labors of others -- to enslave them . Give you a palace , ten thousand acres of land , sumptuous ១ clothes , equipage ...
Halaman 32
But fifty thousand dollars means , and is , fifty thousand dollars worth of slaves . You can command , without touching on that capital , three thousand dollars ' worth of labor per annum . You could do no more were you to buy slaves ...
But fifty thousand dollars means , and is , fifty thousand dollars worth of slaves . You can command , without touching on that capital , three thousand dollars ' worth of labor per annum . You could do no more were you to buy slaves ...
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Ulasan Pengguna - ColeSimmons - LibraryThingInsightful commentary into the meaning of labor and its relation to capital. Fitzhugh proves himself a more than capable defender of the antebellum South while offering a damning critique of values we now take for granted in the modern world. Baca ulasan lengkap
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Ulasan Pengguna - heidilove - LibraryThingi love this. it's a primary source in its own right for the antebellum period, but still is meaningful today for those of us trapped in the corporate culture we inherited after the industrial revolution. a fresh perspective on work and society. Baca ulasan lengkap
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