Slavery, Propaganda, and the American Revolution - Paperback

by Patricia Bradley (Author)

A rich and rewarding investigation of the role of the newspapers in defining race, color, and slavery at the birth of the American nation. Bradley's analysis of slavery as metaphor in revolutionary-era journalism becomes a powerful explanation of how the patriot press found the language that disseminated ideas and attitudes on free African Americans and slaves.

Front Jacket

A study of how blacks were excluded from the Revolutionary patriots' goals for American liberation

Author Biography

Patricia Bradley is professor in the School of Communications at Temple University. She is author of Mass Media and the Shaping of American Feminism, 1963-1975, published by University Press of Mississippi.