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David Brion Davis

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American historian (1927–2019)

Person · Open Library

Born
16 February 1927
Works
27

Top works

  • Homicide in American fiction, 1798-1860
  • Ante-bellum reform
  • The boisterous sea of liberty
  • The Tanner lectures on human values
  • The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1926-05-26
Active to
1991-09-28
bebopclassicalcool jazzfunkhard bopjazz

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
8
Total plays
44

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Quotes

  • Writing home in 1946, he told his parents that he wanted to study history because he hoped that a knowledge of the past might “make people stop and think before blindly following some bigoted group to make the world safe for Aryans, Democrats or Mississippians.”
  • Nothing is proved by the expectation of some Northerners that the clause would eventually put an end to slavery, for there was widespread confusion of "slavery" with the "slave trade." Both American and British abolitionists assumed that an end to slave imports would lead automatically to the amelioration and gradual abolition of slavery.
  • One cannot question the genuineness of Jefferson’s liberal dreams. He was one of the first statesmen in any part of the world to advocate concrete measures for restricting and eradicating Negro slavery.

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