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The public speaking of four representative Know-Nothings: Brownlow, Hilliard, Crittenden and Davis114 views
Author
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
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)
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
Language
English
Rights
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Tishler, Hace Sorel. The public speaking of four representative Know-Nothings: Brownlow, Hilliard, Crittenden and Davis. University of Virginia, History, MA (Master of Arts), 1955-01-01, https://doi.org/10.18130/mxef-rm23.
