The Black newspaper and the chosen nation
By: Benjamin Fagan
Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780820349404
Subjects: Press and politics; History; African American press; African American newspapers
Description: "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 ida 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." From cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the records of Black chosenness; title: Acting chosen; title: Prophecies for a chosen nation; title: Revolutionary chosenness; title: The limits of Black chosenness; title: Joining the chosen army; title: Conclusion: the ends of Black chosenness.