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A Southern farm is beau idea of Communism; it is a joint concern, in which the slaves consume more than the master, of the coarse products, and is far happier, because although the concern may fail; he is always sure of a support.

— George Fitzhugh Sociology For The South: Or The Failure Of A Free Society (1854)

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The negro slaves of the South are the happiest, and, in some sense, the freest people in the world.

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Liberty and equality are not only destructive to the morals, but to the happiness of society.

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