The Black newspaper and the chosen nation /
Fagan, Benjamin,
The Black newspaper and the chosen nation / Benjamin Fagan. - Athens : The University of Georgia Press, ©2016. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the records of black chosenness -- Acting chosen -- Prophecies for a chosen nation -- Revolutionary chosenness -- The limits of black chosenness -- Joining the chosen army -- Conclusion: the ends of black chosenness.
"The Black Newspaper and the Chosen Nation shows how antebellum African-Americans used the newspaper as a means of translating their belief in black "chosenness" into plans and programs for black liberation. During the decades leading up to 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 examines 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."--Publisher's description.
0820349399 (electronic bk.) 9780820349398 (electronic bk.) 9780820349404 0820349402
928630 MIL 22573/ctt189v0fz JSTOR 37FF9662-DA82-4BBB-BF7E-B89709792BD8 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
1800-1899
Press and politics--History--United States--19th century.
African American newspapers--History--19th century.
African American press--History--19th century.
Journaux noirs américains--Histoire--19e siècle.
Presse noire américaine--Histoire--19e siècle.
HISTORY--Civil War Period (1850-1877)--United States
African American newspapers.
African American press.
Press and politics.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
PN4882.5 / .F35 2016
071.3089/96073
The Black newspaper and the chosen nation / Benjamin Fagan. - Athens : The University of Georgia Press, ©2016. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the records of black chosenness -- Acting chosen -- Prophecies for a chosen nation -- Revolutionary chosenness -- The limits of black chosenness -- Joining the chosen army -- Conclusion: the ends of black chosenness.
"The Black Newspaper and the Chosen Nation shows how antebellum African-Americans used the newspaper as a means of translating their belief in black "chosenness" into plans and programs for black liberation. During the decades leading up to 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 examines 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."--Publisher's description.
0820349399 (electronic bk.) 9780820349398 (electronic bk.) 9780820349404 0820349402
928630 MIL 22573/ctt189v0fz JSTOR 37FF9662-DA82-4BBB-BF7E-B89709792BD8 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
1800-1899
Press and politics--History--United States--19th century.
African American newspapers--History--19th century.
African American press--History--19th century.
Journaux noirs américains--Histoire--19e siècle.
Presse noire américaine--Histoire--19e siècle.
HISTORY--Civil War Period (1850-1877)--United States
African American newspapers.
African American press.
Press and politics.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
PN4882.5 / .F35 2016
071.3089/96073