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John Wesley Blassingame (March 23, 1940 – February 13, 2000) was an American historian and pioneer in the study of slavery in the United States. He was the former chairman of the African-American studies program at Yale University.
The Slave Community: Plantation Life in the Antebellum South is a book written by American historian John W. Blassingame. Published in 1972, it is one of the first historical studies of slavery in the United States to be presented from the perspective of the enslaved.
- John W. Blassingame
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7. Juli 2023 · Dr. Blassingame was a pioneer in the study of American slavery, collecting slave letters and interviews for Slave Testimony: Two Centuries of Letters, Speeches, Interviews, and Autobiographies (1977), which include a large selection of annotated and authenticated accounts of slaves speaking for themselves during the 18th and 19th ...
27. Okt. 2007 · John Wesley Blassingame was one of the preeminent scholars in the study of enslaved African Americans. His early monographs The Slave Community (1972) and Black New Orleans , 1860-1880 (1973) shattered racist and stereotypical portrayals of African American life by using testimony and evidence left by blacks themselves, evidence ...
John Wesley Blassingame 1940 – 2000. Scholar, writer. Researched Slave Narratives. Helped Establish Black Studies Program. Career Ended Suddenly. Many Celebrated His Life. Selected writings. Sources. In public statements, such as those most often accompanying book releases, John Blassingame divulged little about his personal life.
6. Apr. 2010 · Blassingame’s groundbreaking scholarship has had a profound impact on the understanding both of slavery in the United States and the African American experience. The Duke collection includes correspondence, personal manuscripts, and research files from Blassingame’s long academic career.
30. Aug. 2007 · A scholar and historian of slavery in the United States, Georgia native John Blassingame spent almost thirty years on the history faculty at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. He is best remembered for his book The Slave Community (1972) and for editing the papers of abolitionist and author Frederick Douglass.
