Blassingame was born on March 23, 1940,[3] in Covington, Georgia, to Grady and Odessa Blassingame.[citation needed] He received a bachelor's degree at Fort Valley State College (1960), a master's degree at Howard University (1961), and a master's degree (1968) and a doctorate (1971) at Yale University.[4] His doctoral dissertation, written under the supervision of C. Vann Woodward, was titled A Social and Economic Study of the Negro in New Orleans, 1860–1880.[citation needed] Blassingame joined the faculty at Yale University in 1970 and became a history professor in 1974.[2] He remained at Yale University as a professor of history, African-American studies, and American studies for 29 years.
Blassingame wrote and edited several books, including New Perspectives on Black Studies (1971), The Slave Community: Plantation Life in the Antebellum South (1972), Black New Orleans, 1860–1880 (1973), and Frederick Douglass, the Clarion Voice (1976). In addition, Blassingame collected slave letters, interviews, and other materials in his 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 slavery period of Thomas Jefferson, Robert E. Lee, Henry Clay, and others. From 1979 to 1999, Blassingame worked on editing the papers of Frederick Douglass and published six volumes of Douglass's papers and manuscripts. He also joined several writers in his work of editing and writing. He was a co-author with Mary F. Berry in Long Memory: The Black Experience in America (1982), and a co-editor with Louis Harlan in The Autobiographical Writings of Booker T. Washington (1972).
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john, blassingame, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, october,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources John W Blassingame news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message John Wesley Blassingame March 23 1940 February 13 2000 was an American historian and pioneer in the study of slavery in the United States 2 He was the former chairman of the African American studies program at Yale University 3 John W BlassingameBornJohn Wesley Blassingame 1940 03 23 March 23 1940Covington Georgia USDiedFebruary 13 2000 2000 02 13 aged 59 New Haven Connecticut USSpouseTeasie Jackson BlassingameAcademic backgroundAlma materFort Valley State CollegeHoward UniversityYale UniversityThesisA Social and Economic Study of the Negro in New Orleans 1860 1880 1971 Doctoral advisorC Vann WoodwardOther advisorsRayford Logan 1 Academic workDisciplineHistorySub disciplineAfrican American historyInstitutionsYale UniversityNotable studentsJeffrey C StewartNotable worksThe Slave Community 1972 InfluencedAlbert J RaboteauBlassingame was born on March 23 1940 3 in Covington Georgia to Grady and Odessa Blassingame citation needed He received a bachelor s degree at Fort Valley State College 1960 a master s degree at Howard University 1961 and a master s degree 1968 and a doctorate 1971 at Yale University 4 His doctoral dissertation written under the supervision of C Vann Woodward was titled A Social and Economic Study of the Negro in New Orleans 1860 1880 citation needed Blassingame joined the faculty at Yale University in 1970 and became a history professor in 1974 2 He remained at Yale University as a professor of history African American studies and American studies for 29 years Blassingame wrote and edited several books including New Perspectives on Black Studies 1971 The Slave Community Plantation Life in the Antebellum South 1972 Black New Orleans 1860 1880 1973 and Frederick Douglass the Clarion Voice 1976 In addition Blassingame collected slave letters interviews and other materials in his 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 slavery period of Thomas Jefferson Robert E Lee Henry Clay and others From 1979 to 1999 Blassingame worked on editing the papers of Frederick Douglass and published six volumes of Douglass s papers and manuscripts He also joined several writers in his work of editing and writing He was a co author with Mary F Berry in Long Memory The Black Experience in America 1982 and a co editor with Louis Harlan in The Autobiographical Writings of Booker T Washington 1972 Blassingame was a lifelong member of many history preservation heritage and educational organizations such as the American Historical Association Southern History Association the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity and the Phi Alpha Theta honor society 4 Blassingame died on February 13 2000 According to his son the cause of death was not known 3 References Edit Gates Henry Louis Jr 2017 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro New York Pantheon Books p 415 ISBN 978 0 307 90872 8 a b Historian John Blassingame Pioneer in Study of Slavery Dies Yale Bulletin amp Calendar Vol 28 no 22 New Haven Connecticut Yale University February 25 2000 Archived from the original on May 29 2012 Retrieved May 7 2020 a b c Ravo Nick February 29 2000 John Blassingame 60 Historian Led Yale Black Studies Program The New York Times Archived from the original on March 30 2016 Retrieved May 27 2020 a b Archived copy PDF www library gsu edu Archived from the original PDF on 7 September 2006 Retrieved 15 January 2022 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John W Blassingame amp oldid 1130613032, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
