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

Gabrial, Brian,

The press and slavery in America, 1791-1859 : the melancholy effect of popular excitement / Brian Gabrial. - Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies 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.



9781611176049


Slavery--Press coverage--History--United States--19th century.
Antislavery movements--Press coverage--History--United States--19th century.
Antislavery movements--Periodicals--History--United States--19th century.
Antislavery movements--History--United States--19th century.
Journalism--Political aspects--History--United States--19th century.
Mass media and public opinion--History--United States--19th century.
Mass media and race relations--History--United States--19th century.
Public opinion--History--United States--19th century.
American newspapers--History--19th century.


Electronic Books.

E449 / .P747 2016