An analysis of antebellum politics in terms of the connections between slavery, manhood, and the legacies of Jefferson and Jackson. Hettle shows that war was the greatest test of populist Democratic Party rhetoric that emphasized the shared interests of white men, slaveholder and nonslaveholder alike.
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An analysis of antebellum politics in terms of the connections between slavery, manhood, and the legacies of Jefferson and Jackson. Hettle shows that war was the greatest test of populist Democratic Party rhetoric that emphasized the shared interests of white men, slaveholder and nonslaveholder alike.
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