I personally think as we keep going with our discussions, they will become very intense. By the time Friday came, it almost felt like we were in a debate. Not really with our selves but against the writer of the piece we read. Even though many of us don’t agree with him, George Fitzhugh was a very intelligent man who unlike Thomas Jefferson, backed up his opinions with strong and confident information.
We started out in the beginning of the week talking about Thomas Jefferson. He was a president of the
George Fitzhugh definitely is a man who did not go against what he said. He fully believed in slavery. The interesting thing though was that he didn’t believe blacks were the only ones who should be slaves. He believed that if the blacks weren’t around in the south, that the whites should do it. He was proud southern man who believed that they were the best. He explained how slavery was apart of every rich cultures history. For example he talked about slaves in
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There was defenatly a difference between Thomas Jefferson and George Fitzhugl. Thomas Jefferson was contradicting but Fitzhugl belived in slavery. He believed that it was a good thing even though it was a little disturbing he wasnt trying to impress anyone. Even though it was disturbing he was a leader not a follower like John Smith.
I also found it very interesting that Fitzhugh didn’t believe that blacks were the only ones that should be slaves. While this is obviously something that would be possible, I have always looked at slavery as form a racial discrimination. Fitzhugh speaks of white slavery, which would be including his own race. If this were to happen it would not necessarily make the situation racial, but more of a general form of slavery. As far as I’m concerned this would possibly be an ever worse situation for the human race, as basically anyone could be enslaved. In my mind this doesn’t make this man better for not thinking that blacks alone should be slaves, it makes it worse when considering that he believes worldwide slavery should be normal. The real issue here is that slavery should not even be considered an option, if it were to continue as Fitzhugh had hoped communities throughout the world would hold a much lower overall quality of life.
Good points, Roger. Perhaps the problem is with the writing. There is no question that we know how Fitzhugh feels. We know where he stands on the subject of slavery. He is outspoken and makes his argument and backs up his points. It seems that Jefferson, on the other hand, is not as convincing. We get conflicting points from his writing and hypocritical behavior from his in his social life. It is hard to decide who is the bad guy.
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