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The Resource Fanatical schemes : proslavery rhetoric and the tragedy of consensus, Patricia Roberts-Miller

Fanatical schemes : proslavery rhetoric and the tragedy of consensus, Patricia Roberts-Miller

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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 and inflammatory rhetoric. Patricia Roberts-Miller argues that, on the contrary, inflammatory rhetoric was inherent to proslavery ideology and predated any shift in abolitionist practices. She examines novels, speeches, and defenses of slavery written after the pamphlet controversy to underscore th
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
1 online resource (x, 286 pages)
Contents
  • "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
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9780817381257
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Fanatical schemes : proslavery rhetoric and the tragedy of consensus
Title
Fanatical schemes
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proslavery rhetoric and the tragedy of consensus
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Patricia Roberts-Miller
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Language
eng
Summary
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 and inflammatory rhetoric. Patricia Roberts-Miller argues that, on the contrary, inflammatory rhetoric was inherent to proslavery ideology and predated any shift in abolitionist practices. She examines novels, speeches, and defenses of slavery written after the pamphlet controversy to underscore th
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digitized
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E7B
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973.7/1
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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Index
index present
LC call number
E449
LC item number
.R635 2009eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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Fanatical schemes : proslavery rhetoric and the tragedy of consensus, Patricia Roberts-Miller
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-274) and index
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online resource
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cr
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rdacarrier
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multicolored
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text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
"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
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ocn680619854
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Extent
1 online resource (x, 286 pages)
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online
Isbn
9780817381257
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computer
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rdamedia
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c
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.b25677688
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Electronic reproduction.
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  • (OCoLC)680619854
  • pebcs0817356533
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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