03582nam 2200745 450 991046630210332120200520144314.01-61117-604-2(CKB)3710000000615249(EBL)4411321(SSID)ssj0001635043(PQKBManifestationID)16388550(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001635043(PQKBWorkID)14805464(PQKB)10936679(MiAaPQ)EBC4411321(OCoLC)945198750(MdBmJHUP)muse50779(Au-PeEL)EBL4411321(CaPaEBR)ebr11176637(CaONFJC)MIL906886(EXLCZ)99371000000061524920151006h20162016 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe press and slavery in America, 1791-1859 the melancholy effect of popular excitement /Brian GabrialColumbia, South Carolina :The University of South Carolina Press,[2016]©20161 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61117-603-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.An examination of how press coverage of slave revolts forced public discussions that ultimately influenced public opinionSlaveryPress coverageUnited StatesHistory19th centuryAntislavery movementsPress coverageUnited StatesHistory19th centuryAntislavery movementsUnited StatesPeriodicalsHistory19th centuryAntislavery movementsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryJournalismPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryMass media and public opinionUnited StatesHistory19th centuryMass media and race relationsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryPublic opinionUnited StatesHistory19th centuryAmerican newspapersHistory19th centuryElectronic books.SlaveryPress coverageHistoryAntislavery movementsPress coverageHistoryAntislavery movementsPeriodicalsHistoryAntislavery movementsHistoryJournalismPolitical aspectsHistoryMass media and public opinionHistoryMass media and race relationsHistoryPublic opinionHistoryAmerican newspapersHistory071/.3Gabrial Brian883952MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910466302103321The press and slavery in America, 1791-18591974114UNINA