Table of Contents

Introduction
The Editors and Their Ideals
To Kill the Messengers' Spirit
In the Spirit of American Democracy
Toward Public Interest and Social Responsibility
Messages of the Black Press
Women
Soirees and Style
Social Morality
Youth: The Ultimate Outsiders
Coda
Appendix
Bibliography

Promotional Information

This is an important, scholarly study that brings well-researched new findings and revisionist perspectives to bear upon the antebellum black press and black bourgeoisie. Patricia Morton, Trent University

About the Author

FRANKIE HUTTON is Assistant Professor of Journalism and Communications and Adjunct Professor of History at Lehigh University, specializing in nineteenth-century African-American Studies. She has designed and taught courses in black history, journalism, and feature writing and has served as a senior writer/editor for the Mitre Corporation and for a government service school for chaplains.

Reviews

"This is an important, scholarly study that brings well-researched new findings and revisionist perspectives to bear upon the antebellum black press bourgeoisie."-Patricia Morton Trent University, Canada

?. . . Hutton has made a substantial contribution to what is known about the black press. This is a book that will be used heavily by other historians and should encourage further revision and research in the area.?-Journalism History

?Hutton's book is an excellent study of the importance of the black press to the antebellum free black community.?-The Journal of American History

?Hutton's study is invaluable...?-ESQ

?The author of this scholarly, valuable book has plowed new ground. No other source describes the black press of the pre-Civil War era in such depth, and with such thoroughness and candor.?-Choice

?The Early Black Press is recommended for all academic libraries with any interests in Black History. Indexed, and with brief appendixes listing extant antebellum Black newspapers.?-A.L.B.R.

"Hutton's book is an excellent study of the importance of the black press to the antebellum free black community."-The Journal of American History

"The author of this scholarly, valuable book has plowed new ground. No other source describes the black press of the pre-Civil War era in such depth, and with such thoroughness and candor."-Choice

"The Early Black Press is recommended for all academic libraries with any interests in Black History. Indexed, and with brief appendixes listing extant antebellum Black newspapers."-A.L.B.R.

." . . Hutton has made a substantial contribution to what is known about the black press. This is a book that will be used heavily by other historians and should encourage further revision and research in the area."-Journalism History