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Robin Blackburn

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The Triumphs and Travails of American Marxism

Karl Marx never visited the United States, but he and his ideas left an imprint nonetheless.

by Robin Blackburn via The Nation on October 13, 2025
Slavery Was Crucial for the Development of Capitalism

Historian Robin Blackburn has completed a trilogy of books that provide a comprehensive Marxist account of slavery in the New World.

by Robin Blackburn, Owen Dowling via Jacobin on April 10, 2024
Lincoln and Marx

The transatlantic convergence of two revolutionaries.

by Robin Blackburn via Jacobin on August 28, 2012

The Reckoning: From the Second Slavery to Abolition, 1776-1888

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The Second Abolition

Robin Blackburn’s sweeping history of slavery and freedom in the 19th century.

by Manisha Sinha via The Nation on November 19, 2024

A print titled "Heroes of the Colored Race," centered on portraits of Blanche Bruce, Frederick Douglas, and Hiram Revels.

Slavery, Capitalism, and the Politics of Abolition

"The Reckoning," Robin Blackburn’s monumental history, offers a dizzying account of the politics behind slavery's rise and fall.

by Alec Israeli via Jacobin on May 19, 2024

Priest standing at pulpit. Caption: Timothy Kesicki, S.J., apologizes for the Jesuits’ sin of owning and selling people. Gaston Hall, Georgetown University, April 18, 2017.

The Jesuits and Slavery

Despite extensive historiography, most people are not aware that the Society of Jesus owned people.

by Adam Rothman via Journal Of Jesuit Studies on December 15, 2020

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