LEADER 03939nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910822333303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8125-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000030199 035 $a(EBL)547671 035 $a(OCoLC)650060153 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000458041 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11316908 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000458041 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10421397 035 $a(PQKB)10176936 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8638 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL547671 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10408252 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC547671 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000030199 100 $a20080707d2009 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFanatical schemes $eproslavery rhetoric and the tragedy of consensus /$fPatricia Roberts-Miller 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (298 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-1642-6 311 $a0-8173-5653-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [259]-274) and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: "Industrious in scattering the seeds of insurrection"; 1. "Slavery shall not be discussed": The Political Power of the Irrational Rhetor; 2. "With firm, undaunted resolution": The Rhetoric of Doom; 3. "A deep conviction, settled on every bosom": Alarmism, Conspiracy, and Unification; 4. "For the sake of your wives, children and their posterity": Manly Politics; 5. "Careless of the Consequences": Extended Defenses of Slavery; 6. "Our laws to regulate slaves are entirely founded on terror": The Political Theory of Slave Codes 327 $a7. "The Sweet Waters of Concord and Union": Pro slavery Rhetoric in a Deliberative Setting Conclusion: "Any rational plan": The Responsibilities of Rhetoric; Notes; Works Cited; Index 330 $aWhat was the relationship between rhetoric and slavery, and how did rhetoric fail as an alternative to violence, becoming instead its precursor? Fanatical Schemes is a study of proslavery rhetoric in the 1830's. A common understanding of the antebellum slavery debate is that the increased stridency of abolitionists in the 1830's, particularly the abolitionist pamphlet campaign of 1835, provoked proslavery politicians into greater intransigence and inflammatory rhetoric. Patricia Roberts-Miller argues that, on the contrary, inflammatory rhetoric was inhere 606 $aSlavery$zUnited States$xJustification$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aSlavery$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aConsensus (Social sciences)$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aFanaticism$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPoliticians$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAntislavery movements$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAbolitionists$xPolitical activity$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1829-1837 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1837-1841 615 0$aSlavery$xJustification$xHistory 615 0$aSlavery$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aConsensus (Social sciences)$xHistory 615 0$aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aFanaticism$xHistory 615 0$aPoliticians$xHistory 615 0$aAntislavery movements$xHistory 615 0$aAbolitionists$xPolitical activity$xHistory 676 $a973.7/1 700 $aRoberts-Miller$b Patricia$f1959-$01621410 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822333303321 996 $aFanatical schemes$93954670 997 $aUNINA