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

— George Fitzhugh Cannibals All!, or Slaves Without Masters (1857)

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A man loves his children because they are weak, helpless and dependent; he loves his wife for similar reasons.

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

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

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

What a glorious thing to man is slavery, when want, misfortune, old age, debility and sickness overtake him.

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

Free trade or political economy is the science of free society, and socialism is the science of slavery.

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

Slavery relieves our slaves of these cares altogether, and slavery is a form, and the very best form, of socialism.

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