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The Press and Slavery in America, 1791-1859 : The Melancholy Effect of Popular Excitement.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (257 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781611176049
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Press and Slavery in America, 1791-1859LOC classification:
  • E449 .G175 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- The Press and Slavery in America, 1791-1859 -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: Racism and Slavery in America -- PART I The Press and Slave Troubles in America -- 1 Haiti in 1791, Gabriel Prosser's 1800 Conspiracy, and the 1811 German Coast Slave Revolt -- 2 Denmark Vesey's 1822 Conspiracy and Nat Turner's 1831 Slave Revolt -- 3 Slavery, the Press, and America's Transformation, 1831-59 -- 4 John Brown's "Greatest or Principal Object" -- 5 From Madman to Martyr: John Brown's Transformation in the Northern Antislavery Press -- PART II Media Discourses about Slavery -- 6 Dealing with Slavery's Enemies -- 7 A Racial Panic -- 8 Maintaining Slavery -- 9 Slavery Divides the Nation -- 10 Slavery's Immorality and Destruction of Civil Liberties -- 11 Slavery Destroys Freedom of the Press -- Conclusion: The Press and Slavery's Legacy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: An examination of how press coverage of slave revolts forced public discussions that ultimately influenced public opinion.
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Cover -- The Press and Slavery in America, 1791-1859 -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: Racism and Slavery in America -- PART I The Press and Slave Troubles in America -- 1 Haiti in 1791, Gabriel Prosser's 1800 Conspiracy, and the 1811 German Coast Slave Revolt -- 2 Denmark Vesey's 1822 Conspiracy and Nat Turner's 1831 Slave Revolt -- 3 Slavery, the Press, and America's Transformation, 1831-59 -- 4 John Brown's "Greatest or Principal Object" -- 5 From Madman to Martyr: John Brown's Transformation in the Northern Antislavery Press -- PART II Media Discourses about Slavery -- 6 Dealing with Slavery's Enemies -- 7 A Racial Panic -- 8 Maintaining Slavery -- 9 Slavery Divides the Nation -- 10 Slavery's Immorality and Destruction of Civil Liberties -- 11 Slavery Destroys Freedom of the Press -- Conclusion: The Press and Slavery's Legacy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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