EntityQ5240690· pop 9· linked from 657 articlesDavid W. BlightSign in to saveAmerican historianPerson · Open LibraryBorn1949Works76Top works"Your late lamented husband"BeringA Fluid FrontierFinal Resting PlacesWhy The Civil War Camevia Open Library + WikidataMusic · MusicBrainzTypeGroupCountryUSActive from1982Active to1982via MusicBrainz · CC0Listeners · Last.fmListeners9Total plays16 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/David+W.+Blight">Read more on Last.fm</a>via Last.fm · David W. BlightKey datesBorn21 March 1949via Wikidata · CC0Wikidata factsInstance ofhumanGiven nameDavidGendermaleCitizenshipUnited StatesPlace of birthFlintOccupationuniversity teacherEmployerAmherst CollegeLanguages spokenEnglish languageParticipant inA Letter on Justice and Open DebateField of workabolitionismConnectionsUniversity of Wisconsin–MadisonEntityJean Jules JusserandEntityCategories1949 births21st-century American historians21st-century American male writersAmerican male non-fiction writersAmherst College facultyBancroft Prize winnersFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesFlint Central High School alumniHistorians from MichiganHistorians of slaveryHistorians of the American Civil WarLincoln Prize winners