David W. Blight

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Who is David W. Blight?

David William Blight is a Class of 1954 Professor of American History at Yale University and Director of the Gilder-Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition. Blight was the Class of 1959 Professor of History at Amherst College, where he taught for 13 years. He has won major historical awards, including the Bancroft Prize and the Frederick Douglass Prize.

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Also known as
  • David Blight
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Michigan State University
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
Employment
  • Amherst College

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on July 23, 2013

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