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The press and slavery in America, 1791-1859 : the melancholy effect of popular excitement / / Brian Gabrial



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Autore: Gabrial Brian Visualizza persona
Titolo: The press and slavery in America, 1791-1859 : the melancholy effect of popular excitement / / Brian Gabrial Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Columbia, South Carolina : , : The University of South Carolina Press, , [2016]
©2016
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
Disciplina: 071/.3
Soggetto topico: Slavery - Press coverage - United States - History - 19th century
Antislavery movements - Press coverage - United States - History - 19th century
Antislavery movements - United States - Periodicals - History - 19th century
Antislavery movements - United States - History - 19th century
Journalism - Political aspects - United States - History - 19th century
Mass media and public opinion - United States - History - 19th century
Mass media and race relations - United States - History - 19th century
Public opinion - United States - History - 19th century
American newspapers - History - 19th century
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: An examination of how press coverage of slave revolts forced public discussions that ultimately influenced public opinion
Titolo autorizzato: The press and slavery in America, 1791-1859  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-61117-604-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910466302103321
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