United States, Connecticut, New Haven County, New Haven, 41.30815, -72.92816United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Huff, Christopher Allen2007-08-30Encyclopedia article about John Blassingame. 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.text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Blassingame, John W., 1940-College teachers--Connecticut--New HavenAfrican American college teachers--Connecticut--New HavenAuthors, American--Connecticut--New HavenAfrican American authors--Connecticut--New HavenHistorians--Connecticut--New HavenYale University--FacultyAfrican American historians--Connecticut--New HavenJohn Blassingame (1940-2000)Text