George Fitzhugh (November 4,1806-July 30,1881) was a social theorist who hat "the Negro is but a grown up child" who needs the economic and social protections of slavery.
George Fitzhugh (November 4,1806-July 30,1881) was a social theorist who published racial and slavery-based sociological theories in the antebellum era. He argued that "the Negro is but a grown up child" who needs the economic and social protections of slavery.