The public speaking of four representative Know-Nothings: Brownlow, Hilliard, Crittenden and Davis
Author:
Tishler, Hace Sorel, History, University of Virginia
Tishler, Hace Sorel, History, University of Virginia
Advisors:
Auer, J. Jeffery, Speech and Drama, University of Virginia
Wilson, George P., Speech and Drama, University of Virginia
Auer, J. Jeffery, Speech and Drama, University of Virginia
Wilson, George P., Speech and Drama, University of Virginia
Abstract:
The purpose of this Thesis is to examine the ideas of Southern Know-Nothingism between 1854 and 1857, in the light of representative speeches on the stump and in Congress. More specifically, this study is confined to the stump speaking of Henry Washington Hilliard of Alabama and William Gannaway Brownlow of Tennessee, and the congressional speaking of Henry Winkler Davis of Maryland and John J. Crittenden of Kentucky.
Degree:
MA (Master of Arts)
MA (Master of Arts)
Keywords:
Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877, Hilliard, Henry W. (Henry Washington), 1808-1892, Crittenden, John J. (John Jordan), 1787-1863, Davis, Henry Winter, 1817-1865, American Party--Southern states, Orators--United States
Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877, Hilliard, Henry W. (Henry Washington), 1808-1892, Crittenden, John J. (John Jordan), 1787-1863, Davis, Henry Winter, 1817-1865, American Party--Southern states, Orators--United States
Language:
English
English
Rights:
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Issued Date:
1955
1955
