Joseph P. Reidy

Joseph P. Reidy
Born	Joseph Patrick Reidy 1948 (age 76–77)
Nationality	American
Education	Villanova University (BA) Northern Illinois University (MA, PhD)
Occupation	Historian
Awards	Bancroft Prize (2020)

Joseph Patrick Reidy (born 1948) is an historian of the American Civil War. ^{[1] [2]} He is a professor emeritus and retired associate provost at Howard University. ^[3]

Reidy earned a BA in sociology from Villanova University, followed in 1974 by an M.A. from Northern Illinois University with a thesis titled Negro election day and the New England Black community, 1750-1865. ^[4] He received his PhD in history in 1982, also from Northern Illinois University with a thesis titled Masters and slaves, planters and freedmen: the transition from slavery to freedom in central Georgia, 1820-1880. ^{[5] [6]}

Publications

• Illusions of Emancipation: The Pursuit of Freedom and Equality in the Twilight of Slavery, University of North Carolina Press (2019)
• From Slavery to Agrarian Capitalism in the Cotton Plantation South, Central Georgia 1800-1880, University of North Carolina Press (1995) ^[7]
• Coeditor with Ira Berlin and Leslie S Rowland, The black military experience , part of Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867, Cambridge University Press, 2010

Awards and honors

• March 2020: Columbia University Bancroft Prize for Illusions of Emancipation: The Pursuit of Freedom and Equality in the Twilight of Slavery ^{[8] [9]}
• 2020: Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize, Finalist for Illusions of Emancipation: The Pursuit of Freedom and Equality in the Twilight of Slavery ^[10]

References

1. Shaffer, Donald R. (2003-03-01). "Slaves, Sailors, Citizens: African Americans in the Union Navy" . Journal of American History. 89 (4): 1531–1532. doi:10.2307/3092596. ISSN   0021-8723. JSTOR   3092596.
2. "National Park Service Press Release (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
3. "Book launch: Illusions of Emancipation, a new book by Dr. Joseph P. Reidy". Howard Calendar. 2019-02-02. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
4. Reidy, Joseph P (1974). Negro election day and the New England Black community, 1750-1865. OCLC   22394079 – via WorldCat.
5. "AHA Member Spotlight: Joseph Reidy | Perspectives on History | AHA". www.historians.org. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
6. Reidy, Joseph P (1982). Masters and slaves, planters and freedmen : the transition from slavery to freedom in central Georgia, 1820-1880. OCLC   49910920 – via WorldCat.
7. "From Slavery to Agrarian Capitalism in the Cotton Plantation South | Joseph P. Reidy". University of North Carolina Press. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
8. Schuessler, Jennifer (2020-03-18). "Bancroft Prize Goes to Books on Emancipation and Urban Renewal". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-03-19.
9. "Columbia University Libraries Announces the Winners of the 2020 Bancroft Prizes | Columbia University Libraries". library.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
10. "Illusions of Emancipation | Joseph P. Reidy". University of North Carolina Press. Retrieved 2020-03-19.