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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bacon, Jacqueline, 1965-

Series:

Studies in rhetoric/communication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Speeches, addresses, etc., American--African American authors--History and criticism.

Speeches, addresses, etc., American.

Speeches, addresses, etc., American--Women authors--History and criticism.

Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States--History--19th century.

Rhetoric.

Power (Social sciences)--United States--History--19th century.

Power (Social sciences).

Antislavery movements--United States--History.

Antislavery movements.

African American women abolitionists.

Women abolitionists--United States.

Women abolitionists.

History.

Rhetoric--Political aspects.

Speeches, addresses, etc., American--Women authors.

Speeches, addresses, etc., American--African American authors.

United States.

African American abolitionists.

Physical Description:

xiv, 291 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, [2002]

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.

Notes:

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

ISBN:

1570034346

OCLC:

48451195