David W. Blight
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American historian
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David W. Blight is an American historian and university teacher born in Flint in 1949. He has worked at Yale University and Amherst College. His areas of study include history, the American Civil War, and abolitionism. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Blight’s notable works include *Your late lamented husband*, *Bering*, *A Fluid Frontier*, *Final Resting Places*, and *Why The Civil War Came*. He has received the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, the Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Bancroft Prize. He participated in *A Letter on Justice and Open Debate*. He is educated at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Michigan State University and speaks English.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1949
- Works
- 76
Top works
- Indian Ocean Slavery in the Age of Abolition
- "Your late lamented husband"
- Bering
- A Fluid Frontier
- Final Resting Places
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Flint
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- Amherst College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- A Letter on Justice and Open Debate
- Field of work
- abolitionism
- Official website
- davidwblight.com
- Image
- David W. Blight at the 2019 National Book Festival.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1949-03-21
- curriculum vitae URL
- history.yale.edu/sites/default/files/CV/blight_cv_short_2019_0.pdf
- social media followers
- 21632
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