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Fanatical schemes [[electronic resource] ] : proslavery rhetoric and the tragedy of consensus / / Patricia Roberts-Miller



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Autore: Roberts-Miller Patricia <1959-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Fanatical schemes [[electronic resource] ] : proslavery rhetoric and the tragedy of consensus / / Patricia Roberts-Miller Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (298 p.)
Disciplina: 973.7/1
Soggetto topico: Slavery - United States - Justification - History - 19th century
Slavery - Political aspects - United States - History - 19th century
Consensus (Social sciences) - United States - History - 19th century
Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History - 19th century
Fanaticism - United States - History - 19th century
Politicians - United States - History - 19th century
Antislavery movements - United States - History - 19th century
Abolitionists - Political activity - United States - History - 19th century
Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 1829-1837
United States Politics and government 1837-1841
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-274) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; 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
7. "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
Sommario/riassunto: What 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
Titolo autorizzato: Fanatical schemes  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8173-8125-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910785057103321
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