James Oliver Horton

James Oliver Horton (March 28, 1943 – February 20, 2017) was a professor of history specializing in African American history. He published ten books on the subject, as well as undertaking several public history projects about Black history.[1]

He consulted on various film and video productions.[2] His wife Lois E. Horton collaborated with him on various projects.[3]

Selected works

  • Black Bostonians (Holmes & Meier, 1979)[4]
  • Free People of Color (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993)[5][6][7]
  • In Hope of Liberty: Culture, Protest, Community among Northern Free Blacks, 1700-1860 (Oxford University Press, 1998)[8][9][10]
  • Hard Road to Freedom (Rutgers University Press, 2001)[11][12]
  • Slavery and the Making of America (Oxford University Press, 2004)[13][14]
  • The Landmarks of African American History (Oxford University Press, 2005) ISBN 9780195141184
  • Slavery and Public History; The Tough Stuff of American Memory (The New Press, 2006)[15][16][17]

References

  1. ↑ Arsenault, Raymond (November 2017). "James Oliver Horton (1943–2017)". Perspectives on History. American Historical Association. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  2. ↑ "James Oliver Horton". GBH.
  3. ↑ "In Memoriam: Prof. James O. Horton, Emeritus Prof. of American Studies | Department of American Studies | Columbian College of Arts & Sciences | The George Washington University". Department of American Studies | Columbian College of Arts & Sciences.
  4. ↑ Wright, Gavin (1 December 1980). "Review of Black Bostonians: Family Life and Community Struggle in the Antebellum North". The American Historical Review. 85 (5): 1267–1268. doi:10.1086/ahr/85.5.1267.
  5. ↑ Piersen, William D. (1994). "Review of Free People of Color: Inside the African American Community". The New England Quarterly. 67 (1): 165–167. doi:10.2307/366471. ISSN 0028-4866.
  6. ↑ Lorini, Alessandra (March 1994). "Review of Free People of Color: Inside the African American Community". The Journal of Economic History. 54 (1): 221–222. doi:10.1017/S002205070001425X.
  7. ↑ Curry, Leonard P. (1994). "Review of Free People of Color: Inside the African American Community". The American Historical Review. 99 (4): 1401–1402. doi:10.1086/ahr/99.4.1401.
  8. ↑ Grant, S-M. (1999). "Review of In Hope of Liberty: Culture, Community, and Protest Among Northern Free Blacks, 1700–1860". Journal of American Studies. 33 (2): 351–382. doi:10.1017/S0021875899426143.
  9. ↑ Duval, Kathleen (1997). "Review of In Hope of Liberty: Culture, Community, and ProtestAmong Northern Free Blacks, 1700-186". UCLA Historical Journal. 17.
  10. ↑ Stewart, James Brewer (1998). "Review of In Hope of Liberty: Culture, Community and Protest among Northern Free Blacks, 1700-1860". Journal of the Early Republic. 18 (3): 569–572. doi:10.2307/3124692. ISSN 0275-1275.
  11. ↑ Berk, Stephen; Weems, Robert E. (2002). "Review of Hard Road to Freedom: The Story of African America; The African American Experience: An Historiographical and Bibliographical Guide, Robert E. Weems Jr". The History Teacher. 35 (2): 268–270. doi:10.2307/3054184. ISSN 0018-2745.
  12. ↑ Trotter, J. W. (2003). "Review of James O. and Lois E. Horton. Hard Road to Freedom: The Story of African America". African American Review. 37 (2): 429-431.
  13. ↑ Essah, Patience (2006). "Review of Slavery and the Making of America". Journal of Southern History. 72 (1): 175. Gale A142572194.
  14. ↑ Jordan, Ervin L. (2005). "Slavery and the Making of America". Civil War Book Review. 7 (3). doi:10.31390/cwbr.7.3.8.
  15. ↑ Fuke, Richard P. (2008). "Review of Slavery and Public History: The Tough Stuff of American Memory". The Journal of African American History. 93 (2): 280–282.
  16. ↑ Posey, Trisha (2009). "Review of Slavery and Public History: The Tough Stuff of American Memory". Fides et Historia. 41 (2): 112–114.
  17. ↑ Miller, Page Putnam (2011). "Review of Slavery and Public History: The Tough Stuff of American Memory". Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association. 52 (3): 378–380. ISSN 0024-6816.
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