TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gabrial,Brian
TI  - The Press and Slavery in America, 1791-1859: The Melancholy Effect of Popular Excitement
SN  - 9781611176049
AV  - E449 .G175 2016 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Columbia
PB  - University of South Carolina Press
KW  - Mass media and race relations - United States - History - 19th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - An examination of how press coverage of slave revolts forced public discussions that ultimately influenced public opinion
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