Press and Slavery in America, 1791-1859

This scholarly study examines the shifting perceptions of slavery in the antebellum South through news accounts of major slave rebellions.

Slavery remains one of the United States’ most troubling failings and its complexities have shaped American ideas about race, economics, politics, and the press since the first days of settlement. Brian Gabrial’s The Press and Slavery in America, 1791–1859 explo...