Public Debate in the Civil War Era: A Rhetorical History of the United States, Volume IV
edited by David Zarefsky
Michigan State University Press, 2023
Cloth: 978-1-61186-458-8 | eISBN: 978-1-60917-731-7 (PDF)
Library of Congress Classification E468.9.P78 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification 973.71
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Public debate and discussion was overshadowed by the slavery controversy during the period of the U.S. Civil War. Slavery was attacked, defended, amplified, and mitigated. This happened in the halls of Congress, the courts, the political debate, the public platform, and the lecture hall. This volume examines the issues, speakers, and venues for this controversy between 1850 and 1877. It combines exploration of the broad contours of controversy with careful analysis of specific speakers and texts.
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