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Author:

Bacon, Jacqueline, 1965-

Title:

The humblest may stand forth : rhetoric, empowerment, and abolition / Jacqueline Bacon.

Publisher:

University of South Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

xiv, 291 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Speeches, addresses, etc., American--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Rhetoric--History--United States--History--19th century.
Power (Social sciences)--United States--History--19th century.
Antislavery movements--United States--History .
African American women abolitionists.
Women abolitionists--United States
African American abolitionists

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-275) and index.

Contents:

Slavery and silence, freedom and rhetoric -- Recovering the voices of marginalized abolitionists -- Too long have others spoken for us: the antislavery rhetoric of African American men -- If I was a man, how I would lecture!: white women rhetors in the abolition movement -- What if I am a woman?: the rhetoric of African American female abolitionists -- Rhetoric and empowerment: the marginalized abolitionists and beyond.

Series:

Studies in rhetoric/communication

ISBN:

9781570034343 (alk. paper)
1570034346 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)48451195

LCCN:

2001006912

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)