John Brown

Abstract: This 10 page paper looks at John Browns raid on Harper Ferry in 1859. Te paper outlines the events and then consider how the media of the time covered the events and the impact that this media coverage may have had in the short and the long term. This is achieved by looking at contemporary newspapers in the North and the South, including the New York Times, the Boston Liberator and the Whig among others. The bibliography cites 10 source.

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Catagory: General

Subcatagory: Communications, Media, Theory, Etc

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