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David Brion Davis

(1927–2019) Historian

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David Brion Davis was a historian, best known for Homicide in American fiction, 1798-1860.

Quick Facts About David Brion Davis

Born
February 16, 1927
Died
April 14, 2019
Profession
Historian
Notable works
Homicide in American fiction, 1798-1860

About David Brion Davis

David Brion Davis was an American intellectual and cultural historian, and a leading authority on slavery and abolition in the Western world. He was a Sterling Professor of History at Yale University, and founder and director of Yale's Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition. He was a self-described "leftish Democrat."

Biography source: Wikipedia

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