Citation Information
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Title
Oratory
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Author
W. Stuart Towns
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Keywords
flourished in South Carolina as the expression and reflection of the values of the white male population, prime means of public education in the issues of the day, religious instruction, and public commemoration. South Carolinians practiced it as well as any other southerners, and better than most, South Carolina College, the first literary and debating club, the Philomathic Society, William C. Preston, ubiquitous ceremonial address proclaiming the “Lost Cause.”
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Website Name
South Carolina Encyclopedia
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Publisher
University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
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URL
https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/oratory/view/images
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Access Date
November 4, 2025
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Original Published Date
June 8, 2016
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Date of Last Update
August 16, 2022
