Reception and Influence
The importance of The Slave Community as one of the first studies of slavery from the perspective of the slave was recognized by historians. The book nonetheless received heavy criticism by academics who disagreed with Blassingame's conclusions, methodology, and sources. Historian George P. Rawick noted in 1976, however, that the criticism "should not obscure the fact that book was of such merit as to warrant spending our time criticizing it four years after its publication. Yet, like many good books, it should have been better."
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