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John W. Blassingame

1940–2000

United States

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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. He edited the papers of Frederick Douglass, abolitionist and author.

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