jan 1, 1854 - Sociology of the South Published

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"Sociology for the South, or the Failure of Free Society" is a book written by George Fitzhugh in 1854, in which he argued that slavery was justified when compared to the labor conditions of free workers in the North. Fitzhugh's work was a sociological treatise that defended slavery as a positive good, contrasting it with the capitalist wage system of the North, which he claimed exploited workers without providing the security and welfare available to slaves.

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