Benjamin Arthur Quarles
Historian, Author
1904 – 1996
Who was Benjamin Arthur Quarles?
Benjamin Arthur Quarles was an African-American historian, administrator, scholar, educator, and writer. Major books by Quarles include The Negro in the American Revolution, Lincoln and the Negro, The Negro in the Civil War, and Black Abolitionists. He demonstrated that blacks were active participants in major conflicts and issues of American history. His books were narrative accounts of critical wartime periods that focused on how blacks interacted with their white allies and emphasized blacks' acting as vital agents of change rather than receiving favors from whites.
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- Born
- Jan 23, 1904
Boston - Also known as
- Benjamin Quarles
- Benjamin A. Quarles
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
History
( - 1940) - Bachelor of Arts, Shaw University
( - 1931)
- PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Lived in
- Boston
- Mitchellville
( - 1996/11/16)
- Died
- Nov 16, 1996
Cheverly
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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