Quote#Success & Failure
A Southern farm is beau idea of Communism; it is a joint concern, in…
Quote byGeorge Fitzhugh · 1806–1881
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sociology For The South: Or The Failure Of A Free Society (1854), p. 245.
English (original)
A Southern farm is beau idea of Communism; it is a joint concern, in which the slaves consume more than the master, of the coarse products, and is far happier, because although the concern may fail; he is always sure of a support.
— George Fitzhugh
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