De Bow’s Revolution

The Memory of the American Revolution in the Politics of the Sectional Crisis, 1850–1861

Datos Bibliográficos

ID16769444
AutoresJonathan B Crider (Temple University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Volumen10
Número3
Páginas317-332
Fecha de publicación2009-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Nineteenth Century History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1466-4658 • E-ISSN: 1743-7903
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14664650903122950
OpenAlexW2042520556
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas51

In January 1861 editor James D.B. De Bow advocated the secession of southern states from the union as he proclaimed to his readers that white Southerners "are mainly the descendants of those who fought the battles of the Revolution, and who understand and appreciate the nature and inestimable value of the liberty which it brought." While editors on both sides of the Sectional Crisis over slavery in the 1850s and 60s claimed to be "custodians of the legacy of 1776" as they used the American Revolution symbolically in their rhetoric. By focusing on De Bow's Review, a widely read and influential journal during this fight, we can gain a better understanding of the specific terms by which Southerners were encouraged to think of themselves not as rebels but as guardians of "the true American character

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