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UNINA9910808282203321 |
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Autore |
Gabrial Brian |
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Titolo |
The press and slavery in America, 1791-1859 : the melancholy effect of popular excitement / / Brian Gabrial |
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Columbia, South Carolina : , : The University of South Carolina Press, , [2016] |
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©2016 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (257 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Slavery - Press coverage - United States - History - 19th century |
Antislavery movements - United States - History - 19th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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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