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David W. Blight

Born: August 15, 2026

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.

Books (8)

Cover of Yale and Slavery

Yale and Slavery

2024

Cover of Frederick Douglass Prophet of Freedom

Frederick Douglass Prophet of Freedom

2018

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Cover of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

2018

Cover of A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation

A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation

2007

Cover of Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory

Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory

2002

Cover of Beyond the Battlefield: Race, Memory, and the American Civil War

Beyond the Battlefield: Race, Memory, and the American Civil War

2002

Cover of Race and reunion : the Civil War in American memory

Race and reunion : the Civil War in American memory

2001

Cover of When This Cruel War is Over: The Civil War Letters

When This Cruel War is Over: The Civil War Letters

1992