James A. Rawley (November 19, 1916 – November 29, 2005) was professor of history emeritus at the

University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Nebraska, NU, or UNL) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Chartered in 1869 by the Nebraska Legislature as part of the M ...

. He was a specialist in the American Civil War, American race-relations and the life of Abraham Lincoln. His ''The Transatlantic Slave Trade: A History'' (1981) was updated by

Stephen D. Behrendt Stephen D. Behrendt is a historian at Victoria University Wellington who specialises in the transatlantic slave trade. He earned his MA and PhD from the University of Wisconsin. His updating of James A. Rawley's ''The Transatlantic Slave Trade: ...

in 2005. The James A. Rawley Prize (OAH) is given in his memory by the

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for the best book on race relations, and the James A. Rawley Prize (AHA) is given in his memory by the

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for the best book in Atlantic history.

Selected publications

* ''Edwin D. Morgan: Merchant in Politics, 1811–83'' (1955) * "The Nationalism of Abraham Lincoln", ''

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'' (1963) * ''Turning Points of the Civil War'' (1966) * ''Race and Politics: "Bleeding Kansas" and the Coming of the Civil War'' (1969) * ''Lincoln and Civil War Politics'' (1969) (editor) * ''The Politics of Union: Northern Politics during the Civil War'' (1974) * ''The Transatlantic Slave Trade: A History'' (1981) * ''Secession: The Disruption of the American Republic, 1844–61'' (1990) * ''Abraham Lincoln and a Nation Worth Fighting For'' (1996) * ''London: Metropolis of the Slave Trade'' (2003)

References

1916 births 2005 deaths University of Nebraska–Lincoln faculty Historians of slavery Biographers of Abraham Lincoln Historians of the American Civil War Historians from Indiana 20th-century American historians {{US-historian-stub