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.
Conversely to Fitzhugh, Hinton Rowan Helper published the “Impending Crisis of the South” in 1857, the same year. Helper was a yeoman farmer of Davie County, North Carolina. He had strong views against slavery, in …show more content…
Helper believes slavery is “a duty, no less than a privilege, to enter bur protest against it, and to use our most strenuous efforts to overturn and abolish it” (Helper)! Helper emphasizes the importance of patriotism to abolitionists as they love their country, freedom, and the American dream, but detests the concept of slavery. Helper states that the most important thing a Southerner can do is to “declare himself an unqualified and uncompromising abolitionist” (Helper). He encourages non-slaveholders of the South to join him with other abolitionists in patriotic undertakings to liberate the plentiful territory of the South, and tries to con them into being either pro-slavery or anti-slavery, emphasizing the latter of the
“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.
Conversely to Fitzhugh, Hinton Rowan Helper published the “Impending Crisis of the South” in 1857, the same year. Helper was a yeoman farmer of Davie County, North Carolina. He had strong views against slavery, in …show more content…
Helper believes slavery is “a duty, no less than a privilege, to enter bur protest against it, and to use our most strenuous efforts to overturn and abolish it” (Helper)! Helper emphasizes the importance of patriotism to abolitionists as they love their country, freedom, and the American dream, but detests the concept of slavery. Helper states that the most important thing a Southerner can do is to “declare himself an unqualified and uncompromising abolitionist” (Helper). He encourages non-slaveholders of the South to join him with other abolitionists in patriotic undertakings to liberate the plentiful territory of the South, and tries to con them into being either pro-slavery or anti-slavery, emphasizing the latter of the