Surprise Castle
The Black Newspaper and the Chosen Nation

The Black Newspaper and the Chosen Nation - Paperback

$28.99
Quantity
01

Pay over time for orders over $35.00 with

Availability:In StockContributor:Benjamin FaganPublish date:2018-10-15Pages:200
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Georgia PressISBN-13:9780820354699ISBN-10:820354694UPC:9780820354699Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:African American & Black, United States, Media StudiesBook Topic:19th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.51 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SCVBPMA745

The Black Newspaper and the Chosen Nation shows how antebellum African Americans used the newspaper as a means for translating their belief in black "chosenness" into plans and programs for black liberation. During the decades leading up the Civil War, the idea that God had marked black Americans as his chosen people on earth became a central article of faith in northern black communities, with black newspaper editors articulating it in their journals.

Benjamin Fagan shows how the early black press helped shape the relationship between black chosenness and the struggles for black freedom and equality in America, in the process transforming the very notion of a chosen American nation. Exploring how cultures of print helped antebellum black Americans apply their faith to struggles grand and small, The Black Newspaper and the Chosen Nation uses the vast and neglected archive of the early black press to shed new light on many of the central figures and questions of African American studies.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Georgia PressISBN-13:9780820354699ISBN-10:820354694UPC:9780820354699Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:African American & Black, United States, Media StudiesBook Topic:19th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.51 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SCVBPMA745
BENJAMIN FAGAN is an associate professor of English at Auburn University. He is the author of The Black Newspaper and the Chosen Nation (Georgia). He is also the editor of the forthcoming African American Literature in Transition, 1830-1850.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Contributor(s)

Benjamin Fagan

Free shipping on orders over $75. Standard shipping takes 3-7 business days. Returns accepted within 30 days of purchase.

Recently Viewed

View All