Freedom's journal : the first African-American newspaper / Jacqueline Bacon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bacon, Jacqueline, 1965-

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom's journal (New York, N.Y. : 1827).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2007.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Freedom's Journal is a comprehensive study of the first African-American newspaper, which was founded in the first half of the 19th Century. The book investigates all aspects of publication as well as using the source material to extract information about African-American life at that time.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: ""A Clap of Thunder""; Part I; 1 ""The Time Has Now Arrived"": The African-American Community of the Late 1820s; 2 The History of Freedom's Journal; 3 ""Whatever Concerns Us as a People"": The Goals of Freedom's Journal; Part II; 4 ""Be Up and Doing"": Self-Help; 5 Men and Women, Private and Public; 6 Redemption, Regeneration, Revolution: Africa and Haiti; 7 ""Save Us from Our Friends"": Colonization and Emigration; 8 ""Our Brethren Who Are Still in Bondage"": Slavery and Antislavery; Part III

9 ""Echoes and Re-Echoes"": The Impact and Legacy of Freedom's JournalBibliography; Credits; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-305) and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

1-9787-4411-0

1-9787-8186-5

0-7391-1893-5

0-7391-5520-2

OCLC:

593674915