The press and slavery in America, 1791-1859 : the melancholy effect of popular excitement /

The press and slavery in America, 1791-1859 : the melancholy effect of popular excitement /

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An examination of how press coverage of slave revolts forced public discussions that ultimately influenced public opinion.

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Electronic book from EBSCO
Main Author: Gabrial, Brian (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2016]
Ã2016
Subjects:
Slavery > Press coverage > United States > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > Press coverage > United States > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > United States > Periodicals > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century.
Journalism > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Mass media and public opinion > United States > History > 19th century.
Mass media and race relations > United States > History > 19th century.
Public opinion > United States > History > 19th century.
American newspapers > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Racism and slavery in America
  • The press and slave troubles in America
  • Haiti in 1791, Gabriel Prosser's 1800 conspiracy, and the 1811 German coast slave revolt
  • Denmark Vesey's 1822 conspiracy and Nat Turner's 1831 slave revolt
  • Slavery, the press, and America's transformation, 1831-59
  • John Brown's "Greatest or principal object"
  • From madman to martyr : John Brown's transformation in the northern antislavery press
  • Media discourses about slavery
  • Dealing with slavery's enemies
  • A racial panic
  • Maintaining slavery
  • Slavery divides the nation
  • Slavery's immorality and destruction of civil liberties
  • Slavery destroys freedom of the press
  • The press and slavery's legacy.

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