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Fanatical schemes : proslavery rhetoric and the tragedy of consensus /

Fanatical Schemes is a study of proslavery rhetoric in the 1830s. A common understanding of the antebellum slavery debate is that the increased stridency of abolitionists in the 1830s, particularly the abolitionist pamphlet campaign of 1835, provoked proslavery politicians into greater intransigence...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roberts-Miller, Patricia, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Slavery shall not be discussed" : the political power of the irrational rhetor
  • "With firm, undaunted resolution" : the rhetoric of doom
  • "A deep conviction, settled on every bosom" : alarmism, conspiracy, and unification
  • "For the sake of your wives, children and their posterity" : manly politics
  • "Careless of the consequences" : extended defenses of slavery
  • "Our laws to regulate slaves are entirely founded on terror" : the political theory of slave codes
  • "The sweet waters of Concord and Union" : proslavery rhetoric in a deliberative setting
  • Conclusion : "Any rational plan" : the responsibilities of rhetoric.