02712nam 2200601 450 991080828220332120230125084006.01-61117-604-2(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(MiAaPQ)EBC29306735(Au-PeEL)EBL29306735(EXLCZ)99371000000061524920230125d2016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe press and slavery in America, 1791-1859 the melancholy effect of popular excitement /Brian Gabrial1st ed.Columbia, 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 movementsUnited StatesHistory19th centurySlaveryPress coverageHistoryAntislavery movementsHistory071/.3Gabrial Brian1665866MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808282203321The press and slavery in America, 1791-18594024772UNINA