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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2016]Copyright date: �2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781611176049
  • 1611176042
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Press and slavery in America, 1791-1859 : the melancholy effect of popular excitement.DDC classification:
  • 071/.3 23
LOC classification:
  • E449 .G175 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: An examination of how press coverage of slave revolts forced public discussions that ultimately influenced public opinion.
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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.

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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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