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Analyzes the concept and reality of 'slave power' in the rhetorical discourse of the mid-nineteenth-century, in particular the speeches and writing of politicians Salmon P. Chase, Charles Sumner, and Abraham Lincoln. The author and reveals that there is a paranoid style of conspiracy rhetoric that inhabits the margins of political life.

The Political Style of Conspiracy Chase Sumner

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      Publisher: Michigan State University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 11/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780870137600, 978-0870137600
      ISBN10: 0870137603
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      Book Synopsis
      Analyzes the concept and reality of 'slave power' in the rhetorical discourse of the mid-nineteenth-century, in particular the speeches and writing of politicians Salmon P. Chase, Charles Sumner, and Abraham Lincoln. The author and reveals that there is a paranoid style of conspiracy rhetoric that inhabits the margins of political life.

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