this time, he clearly would have a bias towards the South as he advocates slavery and cotton due to it being his occupation and his moneymaker. In addition, George Fitzhugh argued that Southern plantation owners had provided their enslaved workforce with all the necessities they needed; and pointed to the North’s starving and destitute workforce of free laborers, which received low wages and scant housing, as a more objectionable and immoral approach than slavery. Counterattacking the abolitionists’ claims and attacking them by saying free labor in the north is worse than slavery, Fitzhugh defends the institution of slavery (Doc. C). Southerners justified slavery as a righteous solution for it benefited the slaves and the agricultural economy of the South, whilst the Northerners, especially the abolitionists, continued to condemn slavery as an immoral act against humanity. Since The Civil War, regional identities continued to be apparent through the racism and discrimination that African Americans faced even after the abolition of slavery was ensured. In the 1960s, the Civil Rights Movement reflected the social, political, and economic divisions separating the North and South. Influenced by its regional history, the South would continue to be more politically and socially conservative and racist towards blacks, as well as to other minorities, which was evident through discriminating legislation like the Jim Crow laws. In contrast, the Northerners advocated more liberal reforms for civil rights. Furthermore, the liberal environment in the North was responsible for the vast migration of African Americans from the South to the North from the 1930s to the 1960s. Though economically the South did shift away from being predominantly agricultural, the North continued to be an industrial region. Despite attempts at racial equality in the North, the shadow of slavery and inferiority continued to cast over African-Americans, especially in the South where it was most difficult to overthrow the racism and mistreatment of African Americans established a century ago.
this time, he clearly would have a bias towards the South as he advocates slavery and cotton due to it being his occupation and his moneymaker. In addition, George Fitzhugh argued that Southern plantation owners had provided their enslaved workforce with all the necessities they needed; and pointed to the North’s starving and destitute workforce of free laborers, which received low wages and scant housing, as a more objectionable and immoral approach than slavery. Counterattacking the abolitionists’ claims and attacking them by saying free labor in the north is worse than slavery, Fitzhugh defends the institution of slavery (Doc. C). Southerners justified slavery as a righteous solution for it benefited the slaves and the agricultural economy of the South, whilst the Northerners, especially the abolitionists, continued to condemn slavery as an immoral act against humanity. Since The Civil War, regional identities continued to be apparent through the racism and discrimination that African Americans faced even after the abolition of slavery was ensured. In the 1960s, the Civil Rights Movement reflected the social, political, and economic divisions separating the North and South. Influenced by its regional history, the South would continue to be more politically and socially conservative and racist towards blacks, as well as to other minorities, which was evident through discriminating legislation like the Jim Crow laws. In contrast, the Northerners advocated more liberal reforms for civil rights. Furthermore, the liberal environment in the North was responsible for the vast migration of African Americans from the South to the North from the 1930s to the 1960s. Though economically the South did shift away from being predominantly agricultural, the North continued to be an industrial region. Despite attempts at racial equality in the North, the shadow of slavery and inferiority continued to cast over African-Americans, especially in the South where it was most difficult to overthrow the racism and mistreatment of African Americans established a century ago.