Abolition and the Press: The Moral Struggle Against Slavery

by Ford Risley

This examination of nineteenth-century journalism explores the specific actions and practices of the publications that provided a true picture of slavery to the general public. From Boston's strident Liberator to Frederick Douglass' North Star, the decades before the Civil War saw more than forty newspapers founded with the specific aim of promoting emancipation. Not only did these sheets provide a platform for discourse,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810125072
• ISBN13: 9780810125070
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"