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John Spencer Bassett

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Gender Male
Death97 years ago
Date of birth September 10,1867
Zodiac sign Virgo
Born Tarboro
North Carolina
United States
Date of died January 28,1928
DiedWashington
D. C.
United States
Employer Smith College
ChildrenRichard H. Bassett
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John Spencer Bassett Life story


John Spencer Bassett was an American historian. He was a professor at Duke University 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. "

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