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Author:

Fagan, Benjamin, author.

Title:

The Black newspaper and the chosen nation / Benjamin Fagan.

Publisher:

The University of Georgia Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xi, 186 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

African American press--History--19th century.
African American newspapers--History--19th century.
Press and politics--United States--History--19th century.
African Americans--History--History--19th century.
African Americans and mass media--History--19th century.
African Americans--Social conditions
African Americans and mass media
African American newspapers.
African American press.
Press and politics.
United States.
1800-1899
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

"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.

ISBN:

0820349402
9780820349404

LCCN:

2015037495

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)