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Praise for The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery * : * One of the finest studies of slavery and abolition. -- Eric Foner * Dissent * Praise for The Making of New World Slavery * : * Blackburn's book has finally drawn the veil which concealed the history of modem society. -- Darcus Howe * Guardian * A landmark of twentieth-century historiography. -- David Brion Davis * New York Review of Books * Sombre, dark and masterly. -- Linda Colley * Independent on Sunday *

One of the finest studies of slavery and abolition. -- Eric Foner * Dissent (for The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery) * Blackburn's book has finally drawn the veil which concealed the history of modem society. -- Darcus Howe * Guardian (for The Making of New World Slavery) * A landmark of twentieth-century historiography. -- David Brion Davis * New York Review of Books (for The Making of New World Slavery) * Sombre, dark and masterly. -- Linda Colley * Independent on Sunday (for The Making of New World Slavery) *

A landmark of twentieth-century historiography. -- David Brion Davis * New York Review of Books * Sombre, dark and masterly. -- Linda Colley * Independent on Sunday *

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Robin Blackburn is emeritus professor at the University of Essex. His other books include The Making of New World Slavery: 1492-1800, The American Crucible, The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery: 1776-1848 and an essay on Abraham Lincoln and Karl Marx, An Unfinished Revolution.

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