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The Power Of The Press In The South’S Battle Against The Freedmen’S Bureau, Rachel E. Gay Ms.
The Power Of The Press In The South’S Battle Against The Freedmen’S Bureau, Rachel E. Gay Ms.
Honors College Theses
Since the invention of the printing press in the 15th century, people have been using the power of the press to enforce their political opinion. When the Freedmen’s Bureau entered the South following the end of the Civil War, it was met with much opposition by the white Georgians. The newspapers in Georgia began their attacks on the Bureau using methods that would appeal to the audience and create a sense of tension between the locals and the Bureau agents.