David Eltis is a Canadian historian and scholar of the transatlantic slave trade. He is Robert W. Woodruff Professor of History Emeritus at Emory University,a Research Associate at the W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute at Harvard University,and an Adjunct Professor of History at the University of British Columbia.[1] Eltis is recognized as a leading figure in the study of Atlantic slavery and migration,known especially for his work on slavery databases and digital humanities projects.
Eltis has held academic positions in Canada,the United States,and the United Kingdom. He was Professor of History at Queen's University at Kingston from 1989 to 2002,and held the Robert W. Woodruff Professorship at Emory University from 2002 to 2012.[2] He has also served as a Research Lecturer at the University of Hull (1995–2002),and as a Lecturer in Economics at Algonquin College (1967–1988).
Eltis specializes in the history of the early modern Atlantic world,with particular emphasis on slavery and migration,both forced and voluntary.[3] He co-developed two influential digital resources:SlaveVoyages.org,a comprehensive database of transatlantic slave voyages,[4] and African-Origins.org,which seeks to recover the identities of enslaved Africans.[5][6]
Honors and awards
W. E. B. Du Bois Medal,Harvard University (2025)[7]
D. Eltis. Economic Growth and the Ending of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. New York:Oxford University Press,1987.[16]
D. Eltis. The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press,2000.[17]
D. Eltis (ed.). Coerced and Free Migration:Global Perspectives. Stanford:Stanford University Press,2002.[18]
D. Eltis;F. D. Lewis;K. L. Sokoloff (eds.). Slavery in the Development of the Americas. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press,2004.[19]
D. Eltis (ed.). Extending the Frontiers:Essays on the New Transatlantic Slave Trade Database. New Haven:Yale University Press,2008.[20]
D. Eltis;F. D. Lewis;K. L. Sokoloff (eds.). Human Capital and Institutions:A Long-Run View. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press,2009.
D. Eltis;D. Richardson. The Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. New Haven:Yale University Press,2010.[21]
C. Perry;D. Eltis;D. Richardson (eds.). The Cambridge World History of Slavery,Volume 2. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press,2021.
D. Eltis;S. L. Engerman;et al. The Cambridge World History of Slavery,Volume 3:AD 1420–AD 1804. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press,2011.[22]
D. Eltis;A. Borucki;D. Wheat (eds.). From the Galleons to the Highlands:Slave Trade Routes in the Spanish Americas. Albuquerque:University of New Mexico Press,2020.[23]
D. Eltis;D. Richardson;Phil Misevich. Second and expanded edition of The Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. New Haven:Yale University Press,2025.
D. Eltis. Atlantic Cataclysm:Rethinking the Atlantic Slave Trades. Atlanta:Emory University,2025.[24]
References
↑ "David Eltis". Department of History. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
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