Throughout many time periods, Slavery has been questioned and talked about extensively. In Cannibals ALL! Or Slaves Without Masters, George Fitzhugh uses different rhetorical devices to persuade his audience or to get his point across, which is basically that the weak should commit towards enslavement. Fitzhugh claims that “...protection cannot be efficient without the power of control…Parents, husbands, guardians, teachers, committees, etc, are but masters under another name”. (L.3-L.8) George Fitzhugh tries to use a rhetorical device known as ethos, by presenting roles of people, such as husbands and teachers, comparing them to masters of slaves. Fitzhugh does this to convince abolitionists, the north, and anyone who is against slavery,