George Fitzhugh

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historian
political theorist
sociologist
gptkbp:advocatesFor slavery as a positive good
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Southern_Agrarianism
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:born November 4, 1806
gptkbp:children several
gptkbp:contributedTo American_literature
gptkbp:contribution social theory
gptkbp:controversy abolitionism
wage labor is worse than slavery
gptkbp:criticism industrial capitalism
gptkbp:died July 6, 1881
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Virginia
gptkbp:hasImpactOn Civil War era debates
gptkbp:hasInfluenceOn Southern_philosophy
gptkbp:hasWritten human rights
labor relations
economic systems
government and society
social_hierarchy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label George Fitzhugh
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Southern_United_States
American_slavery_debate
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:John_C._Calhoun
gptkbp:isCriticizedFor abolitionists
his defense of slavery
gptkbp:isEngagedIn gptkb:Richmond,_Virginia
gptkbp:isFacilitatedBy his views on race
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkbp:isKnownFor his writings on slavery
his_defense_of_the_Southern_way_of_life
gptkbp:isPartOf the plantation economy
Northern industrial society
the concept of social justice as he defined it
the idea of community over individualism
the idea of social order
the paternalistic view of slavery
gptkbp:isRegardedAs a controversial figure
gptkbp:isReviewedBy slavery as a social system
gptkbp:knownFor pro-slavery arguments
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:occupation writer
gptkbp:politicalAffiliation gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:publishedBy gptkb:The_Richmond_Enquirer
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Fitzhugh
gptkbp:supported gptkb:Southern_secession
gptkbp:wasEducatedAt gptkb:University_of_Virginia
gptkbp:wasFoundedIn 19th century
the 1850s
gptkbp:wasPartOf the pro-slavery movement
Southern_intellectual_tradition
gptkbp:wrote Cannibals All! or Slaves Without Masters
Sociology_for_the_South