John Spencer Bassett
John Spencer Bassett (September 10, 1867 – January 27, 1928) was an American historian. He was a professor at Trinity College (today Duke University), and is best known today for the "Bassett Affair" in 1903 when he publicly criticized racism among Southern elites, and called Booker T. Washington, "all in all the greatest man, save General Lee, born in the South in 100 years." Despite widespread outrage, the college trustees refused to accept Bassett's resignation by a vote of 18 to 7. After Trinity, he became a professor of history at Smith College in Massachusetts. and was the executive director of the American Historical Association for many years.
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Slavery and servitude in the colony of North Carolina
Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins Press, 1896Format: Electronic eBookFull text (MCPHS users only) HeinOnline Slavery in America and the World
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Slavery in the state of North Carolina
New York : AMS Press, 1972Format: Electronic eBookFull text (MCPHS users only) HeinOnline Slavery in America and the World
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Anti-slavery leaders of North Carolina
Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins Press, 1898Format: Electronic eBookFull text (MCPHS users only) HeinOnline Slavery in America and the World
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The Southern plantation overseer as revealed in his letters
New York : Negro Universities Press, 1968Format: Electronic eBookFull text (MCPHS users only) HeinOnline Slavery in America and the World