The Blessings of Slavery, and what is to come…
“The negro slaves of the South are the happiest, and in some sense, the freest people in the world” (Fitzhugh). George Fitzhugh argued that slavery was humane, true to biblical tradition, and a blessing, as seen in his excerpt from Cannibals All, or Slaves without Masters, titled “The Blessings of Slavery”. Fitzhugh’s family suffered some rough times, but through his struggles he was able to achieve great strides such being a small planter and practicing the law. Fitzhugh also wrote two books, in which become so famed, that his words reached President Lincoln, who was shocked by Fitzhugh’s message. Fitzhugh had awaken the south, startling this whole revolution of secession with slavery, and its prominence in the southern living economy.…