{"product_id":"peculiar-rhetoric-bjorn-f-stillion-southard-9781496823694","title":"Peculiar Rhetoric: Slavery, Freedom, and the African Colonization Movement","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2020 Marie Hochmuth Nichols Award from the Public Address Division of the National Communication Association\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe African colonization movement occupies a troubling rhetorical territory in the struggle for racial equality in the United States. For white colonizationists, the movement seemed positioned as a welcome compromise between slavery and abolition. For free blacks, colonization offered the hope of freedom, but not within America's borders. Bj rn F. Stillion Southard indicates how politics and identity were negotiated amid the intense public debate on race, slavery, and freedom in America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Operating from a position of power, white advocates argued that colonization was worthy of massive support from the federal government. Stillion Southard pores over the speeches of Henry Clay, Elias B. Caldwell, and Abraham Lincoln, which engaged with colonization during its active deliberation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Between Clay's and Caldwell's speeches at the founding of the American Colonization Society (ACS) in 1816 and Lincoln's final public effort to encourage colonization in 1862, Stillion Southard analyzes the little-known speeches and writings of free blacks who wrestled with colonization's conditional promises of freedom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He examines an array of discourses to probe the complex issues of identity confronting free blacks who attempted to meaningfully engage in colonization efforts. From a peculiarly voiced \"Counter Memorial\" against the ACS to the letters of wealthy black merchant Louis Sheridan negotiating for his passage to Liberia to the civically minded orations of Hilary Teage in Liberia, Stillion Southard brings to light the intricate rhetoric of blacks who addressed colonization to Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bjorn F. Stillion Southard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496823699\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496823694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2020","brand":"Bjorn F. Stillion Southard","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054806790399,"sku":"9781496823694","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0ecbaf65-a927-4900-8bef-6ba62f26053e.jpg?v=1685032107","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/peculiar-rhetoric-bjorn-f-stillion-southard-9781496823694","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}