An examination of how press coverage of slave revolts forced public discussions that ultimately influenced public opinion.
Cover -- The Press and Slavery in America, 1791-1859 -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: Racism and Slavery in America -- PART I The Press and Slave Troubles in America -- 1 Haiti in 1791, Gabrie…
Gabrial analyzes the role of the news media in the shaping of national and local understandings of slavery, resistance to slavery, and the abolition movement in the U.S. between the late eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries.
An examination of how press coverage of slave revolts forced public discussions that ultimately influenced public opinion.