Kentucky's Rebel Press: Pro-Confederate Media and the Secession Crisis
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Throughout the Civil War, the influence of the popular press and its skillful use of propaganda was extremely significant in Kentucky. Union and Confederate sympathizers were scattered throughout the border slave state, and in 1860, at least twenty-eight of the commonwealth's approximately sixty newspapers were pro-Confederate, making the secessionist cause seem stronger in Kentucky than it was in reality. In addition, the impact of these "rebel...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0813174597
ISBN13:9780813174594
Release Date:January 2018
Publisher:University Press of Kentucky
Length:244 Pages
Weight:0.99 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"
Grade Range:Postsecondary
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