The press and slavery in America, 1791-1859 : the melancholy effect of popular excitement / / Brian Gabrial
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Columbia, South Carolina : , : The University of South Carolina Press, , [2016] |
| ©2016 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 071/.3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Slavery - Press coverage - United States - History - 19th century |
| Antislavery movements - United States - History - 19th century | |
| 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 |
| ISBN: | 1-61117-604-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910808282203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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