The Press and Slavery in America, 1791-1859 : The Melancholy Effect of Popular Excitement /

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An examination of how press coverage of slave revolts forced public discussions that ultimately influenced public opinion.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gabrial, Brian (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Public opinion.
Mass media and race relations.
Mass media and public opinion.
Journalism > Political aspects.
Antislavery movements > Periodicals.
Antislavery movements.
American newspapers.
HISTORY > African American.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism.
Journaux americains > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Opinion publique > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Medias et relations raciales > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Medias et opinion publique > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Presse > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > États-Unis > Periodiques > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > Couverture de presse > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
American newspapers > History > 19th century.
Public opinion > United States > History > 19th century.
Mass media and race relations > United States > History > 19th century.
Mass media and public opinion > United States > History > 19th century.
Journalism > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > United States > Periodicals > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > Press coverage > United States > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Press coverage > United States > History > 19th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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