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The use of blackmail in matters of the heart is a relatively recent development in the long march of human history, said Angus McLaren, a professor emeritus of history at the University of Victoria and author of “Sexual Blackmail: A Modern History.” “It was a crime that only emerged in the 19th century,” he said. Before that, the law did not recognize such attempts as much of a threat, because anyone with the kind of wealth that might be worth trying to tap had little to lose through scandal.