John W. Blassingame

(noun)

John Wesley Blassingame (March 23, 1940 - February 13, 2000) was an American scholar, historian, educator, writer, and pioneer in the study of American slavery.

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Examples of John W. Blassingame in the following topics:

  • Slave Families

    • In The Slave Community (1979), historian John W.
    • Blassingame grants that slave owners did have control over slave marriages.
    • Blassingame asserts that slave parents attempted to shield infants and young children from the brutality of the plantation.
    • Describe the formation of slave families as presented by John W.
    • Blassingame in his book The Slave Community

  • Slave Religion

    • The Slave Community: Plantation Life in the Antebellum South is a book written by American historian John W.
    • Blassingame.
    • Using psychology, Blassingame analyzes fugitive slave narratives published in the 19th century to conclude that an independent culture developed among the enslaved.
    • Other religious survivals noted by Blassingame include funeral rites, grave decorating and ritualistic dancing and singing.
    • Blassingame grants that slave owners did have control over slave marriages.

  • Forming a Slave Community

    • The Slave Community: Plantation Life in the Antebellum South is a book written by American historian John W.
    • Blassingame.
    • Blassingame notes,
    • Blassingame notes:
    • Identify historian John Blassingame's argument about the formation of slave culture in the United States

  • References

    • Brewer, E.W., Campbell, A.C., Petty, G.C. (2000).
    • Huitt, W., & Hummel, J. (1998).
    • Parkay, F.W. & Hass, G. (2000).
    • In John Martin Rich, ed., Readings in the Philosophy of Education.

  • Bibliography

    • W.

  • An Example

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  • The George W. Bush Administration

    • George W.
    • The presidency of George W.
    • W.
    • Bush, George W.
    • President George W.

  • The Election of 2004

    • In the 2004 presidential election, incumbent President George W.
    • Bush was elected for a second term when he narrowly defeated Democratic candidate John Kerry.
    • Republican Party candidate and incumbent President George W.
    • Bush defeated Democratic Party candidate John Kerry, the then-junior Senator from Massachusetts.
    • On July 6, 2004, John Kerry selected John Edwards as his running mate, shortly before the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston held later that month.

  • Logarithms of Products

    • Logarithms were introduced by John Napier in the early 17th century as a means to simplify calculations.

  • References

    • Allison, R.W. (1966).
    • Bednar, A. & Levie, W.H. (1993).
    • Fleming & W.H.
    • New York: John Wiley & Sons.
    • Wetzel, C.D., Radtke, P.H. & Stern, H.W. (1994).