Project Gutenberg 2011-03-04 Public domain in the USA. 569 Fitzhugh, George 1806 1881 11008735 Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters Produced by Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Cannibals All! or, Slaves Without Masters" by George Fitzhugh is a polemical treatise written in the mid-19th century. This work argues for the institution of slavery, positing that the conditions faced by free laborers in society are often worse than those experienced by slaves. Fitzhugh presents the concept of "white slavery," suggesting that capitalists exploit laborers more ruthlessly than slave owners treat their slaves. The opening of the book outlines Fitzhugh's key argument: that all individuals, particularly those in more privileged social classes, are complicit in a system that exploits those who labor while enriching those who do not. He uses stark language to challenge readers, accusing them of practicing a form of cannibalism by thriving off the unremunerated labor of others. He further elaborates on the dynamics of labor, capital, and social relations, suggesting that the capitalist system creates a situation where free laborers are left as "slaves without a master," burdened with responsibilities and cares that their slave counterparts are exempt from. This sets the stage for a broader critique of societal structures and the moral implications of economic systems, which Fitzhugh believes ultimately necessitate a re-evaluation of the institution of slavery itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 55.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Slavery -- United States Slavery -- Justification Working class Slave labor E300 Text Category: Sociology Category: Politics 613215 2025-07-14T11:09:57.970760 text/html 617401 2011-03-04T17:37:14 text/html 329105 2025-07-14T11:10:09.256172 application/epub+zip 334180 2025-07-14T11:10:02.181749 application/epub+zip 304188 2025-07-14T11:10:00.554758 application/epub+zip 639376 2025-07-14T11:10:14.489157 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 590000 2025-07-14T11:10:07.942186 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 554242 2022-09-16T09:14:25.320381 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 560670 2025-07-14T11:09:57.154777 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 560445 2011-03-04T17:37:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 560461 2011-03-04T17:37:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21972 2025-07-14T11:10:14.625159 application/rdf+xml 19328 2025-07-14T11:10:01.070714 image/jpeg 4235 2025-07-14T11:10:00.814729 image/jpeg 209761 2011-03-04T17:37:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 222650 2011-03-04T17:37:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 209666 2011-03-04T17:37:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 306440 2025-07-14T11:09:58.014770 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia