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Robin Blackburn (born 1940) is a British historian, a former editor of New Left Review (1983–1999), and emeritus professor in the department of sociology at Essex University . Background. Blackburn was educated at Hurstpierpoint College, Oxford University and the London School of Economics.
Robin Blackburn is the author of many works of history on slavery, including The Making of New World Slavery, The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery and The American Crucible. You can find all...
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Feb 21, 2024 · Learn about the works of Robin Blackburn, a historian of slavery and abolition in the Americas. Get 30% off his latest book, The Reckoning, and other titles on Verso Books.
Feb 9, 2024 · Robin Blackburn’s The Reckoning is a remarkable history of the rise and fall of plantation slavery in its three nineteenth-century strongholds: the US South, Cuba and Brazil. In 1800 there were 2.3 million slaves in the Americas; by 1860 there were 6 million.
Nov 13, 2012 · Review Essay. Complicating the Big Picture: Robin Blackburn's The American Crucible. Peter Kolchin. Pages 611-618 | Published online: 13 Nov 2012. Cite this article. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144039X.2012.727578. Full Article. Figures & data. Citations. Metrics. Reprints & Permissions. Read this article. Click to increase image size. Notes.
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Robin Blackburn is the critically acclaimed author of The Making of New World Slavery, The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery and The American Crucible. He is Emeritus Professor at the University of Essex and was a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the New School in New York. He lives in London.
In his view, the contemporary historiography of human rights has been compromised by its ‘celebratory attitude’, a tendency to offer ‘uplifting back stories’ and to recast world history ‘as raw material for the progressive ascent of international human rights’.
