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.
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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.