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David W. Blight

David William Blight (born 1949) is the Sterling Professor of History, of African American Studies, and of American Studies and Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University.

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American historian

Born 1949

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  • Cover of: The Columbian Orator: Containing a Variety of Original and Selected Pieces Together with Rules, Which Are Calculated to Improve Youth and Others, in the Ornamental and Useful Art of Eloquence

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  • Cover of: People and a Nation: A History of the Unted States (Volume I: To 1877): A History of the United States (Volume I: To 1877)
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  • Cover of: Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation
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  • Cover of: Bundle : a People and a Nation: a History of the United States, 11th + MindTapV2. 0, 2 Terms Printed Access Card

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    First published in 1996 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Bundle : a People and a Nation, Volume II: since 1865 , Loose-Leaf Version, 11th + MindTap History, 1 Term Printed Access Card

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  • Cover of: Fighting Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking: History and Contemporary Policy

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  • Cover of: Passages to Freedom: The Underground Railroad in History and Memory
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  • Cover of: Final Resting Places: Reflections on the Meaning of Civil War Graves

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  • Cover of: Union and Emancipation: Essays on Politics and Race in the Civil War Era
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  • Cover of: Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory
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  • Cover of: People and a Nation, Volume I: To 1877

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  • Cover of: Beyond Freedom: Disrupting the History of Emancipation

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  • Cover of: American oracle: the Civil War in the civil rights era
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  • Cover of: People and a Nation, Volume II: Since 1865
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  • Cover of: Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln: A Relationship in Language, Politics, and Memory

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  • Cover of: Frederick Douglass' Civil War: Keeping Faith in Jubilee
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    First published in 1989 — 2 editions
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American historian

Born 1949

Subjects

History, United states, history, United states, social conditions, African Americans, United states, politics and government, Influence, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, african americans, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, influence, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Biography, New York Times reviewed, Slaves, Antislavery movements, Douglass, frederick, 1818-1895, Fugitive slaves, united states, Histoire, Historiography, Politics and government, Race relations, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), Slavery, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, United states, politics and government, 1861-1865, United states, race relations, Abolitionists

Places

United States, Fredericksburg, Green County, North Carolina, Virginia, États-Unis

People

Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Bruce Catton (1899-1978), David W. Blight, Edmund Wilson (1895-1972), Frederick Douglass (1817?-1895), George C. Rable, James Baldwin (1924-1987), John Adler, John Washington (1838-1916?), John Washington (1838-1918), Malcolm X (1925-1965), Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989), Wallace Turnage (1846-1916)

Time

Civil War, 1861-1865, 1861-1865, 19th century, 1818–1895, 1849-1877, 1865- ...

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March 5, 2025 Edited by dcapillae add author's website
February 16, 2025 Edited by dcapillae merge authors
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