Oakes' book The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics (2007) was a co-winner of the 2008 Lincoln Prize.[2] The prize jury highlighted the book's use of a new comparative framework for understanding the careers of Lincoln and Douglass, and their respective views of race. It also noted that Oakes had succeeded in writing a scholarly work that was accessible to the general public.[2]
His more recent work focuses on emancipation and how it was implemented throughout the Southern states. In 2013 Oakes published Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865, which garnered him a second Lincoln Prize (2013).[3]David Brion Davis, writing in The New York Review of Books, identified the basic theme of Freedom National as the view that Lincoln's Republican Party had been an antislavery party both before and during the war, one that viewed defining humans as chattel as both a violation of the "freedom principle" embodied in natural and international law and a violation of the U.S. Constitution, which, in the Fugitive Slave Clause, referred to slaves as "Person[s] held to Service or Labour". In Freedom National (p. xxiii), Oakes wrote, "Like most historians I always believed that the purpose of the war shifted 'from Union to emancipation.'" But, in fact, although "Republicans did not believe that the Constitution allowed them to wage a war for any 'purpose' other than the restoration of the Union, ... from the very beginning they insisted that slavery was the cause of the rebellion and emancipation an appropriate and ultimately indispensable means of suppressing it." Eric Foner called the work "the best account ever written of the complex historical process known as emancipation".[4]
"Slavery as an American Problem", in Larry J. Griffin; Don Harrison Doyle, eds. (1995). The South as an American Problem. The University of Georgia Press. p. 83. ISBN978-0-8203-1752-6.
Slavery and Freedom: An Interpretation of the Old South. W. W. Norton & Company. 1998. ISBN978-0-393-31766-4.
The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics. W. W. Norton & Company. 2007. ISBN978-0-393-33065-6. Review
Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865. W. W. Norton & Company. 2013. ISBN9780393065312. Review
^"James Oakes 2017-10-10 at the Wayback Machine". Graduate Center. City University of New York. gc.cuny.edu. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
^ ab"Press Release: Graduate Center Historian James Oakes Wins 2008 Lincoln Prize for the Radical and the Republican". News. Graduate Center. City University of New York. February 1, 2008. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
^Schuessler, Jennifer (February 12, 2013). "Lincoln Prize Winner Announced". The New York Times.
^Davis, David Brion (June 6, 2013). "How They Stopped Slavery: A New Perspective". (preview only; subscription required). The New York Review of Books. (Davis, in a review of Freedom National, quoting Foner)
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. April 6, 2007. pbs.org. Archived from the original on January 27, 2011
Tom Mackaman interview with James Oakes on World Socialist Web Site, about The New York Times' 1619 Project, 18 November 2019.
November 28, 2023
james, oakes, historian, this, article, about, historian, english, footballer, jimmy, oakes, judge, james, oakes, james, oakes, born, december, 1953, american, historian, distinguished, professor, history, graduate, school, humanities, professor, graduate, cen. This article is about the historian For the English footballer see Jimmy Oakes For the judge see James L Oakes James Oakes born December 19 1953 is an American historian and is a Distinguished Professor of History and Graduate School Humanities Professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York where he teaches courses on the American Civil War and Reconstruction Slavery the Old South Abolitionism and U S and World History He taught previously at Princeton University and Northwestern University 1 James OakesBorn 1953 12 19 December 19 1953 age 69 Bronx New York City New York U S Contents 1 Career 2 Works 3 References 4 External linksCareer editOakes book The Radical and the Republican Frederick Douglass Abraham Lincoln and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics 2007 was a co winner of the 2008 Lincoln Prize 2 The prize jury highlighted the book s use of a new comparative framework for understanding the careers of Lincoln and Douglass and their respective views of race It also noted that Oakes had succeeded in writing a scholarly work that was accessible to the general public 2 His more recent work focuses on emancipation and how it was implemented throughout the Southern states In 2013 Oakes published Freedom National The Destruction of Slavery in the United States 1861 1865 which garnered him a second Lincoln Prize 2013 3 David Brion Davis writing in The New York Review of Books identified the basic theme of Freedom National as the view that Lincoln s Republican Party had been an antislavery party both before and during the war one that viewed defining humans as chattel as both a violation of the freedom principle embodied in natural and international law and a violation of the U S Constitution which in the Fugitive Slave Clause referred to slaves as Person s held to Service or Labour In Freedom National p xxiii Oakes wrote Like most historians I always believed that the purpose of the war shifted from Union to emancipation But in fact although Republicans did not believe that the Constitution allowed them to wage a war for any purpose other than the restoration of the Union from the very beginning they insisted that slavery was the cause of the rebellion and emancipation an appropriate and ultimately indispensable means of suppressing it Eric Foner called the work the best account ever written of the complex historical process known as emancipation 4 Works editThe Ruling Race A History of American Slaveholders Alfred A Knopf 1982 ISBN 0393317056 Slavery as an American Problem in Larry J Griffin Don Harrison Doyle eds 1995 The South as an American Problem The University of Georgia Press p 83 ISBN 978 0 8203 1752 6 Slavery and Freedom An Interpretation of the Old South W W Norton amp Company 1998 ISBN 978 0 393 31766 4 The Radical and the Republican Frederick Douglass Abraham Lincoln and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics W W Norton amp Company 2007 ISBN 978 0 393 33065 6 Review Freedom National The Destruction of Slavery in the United States 1861 1865 W W Norton amp Company 2013 ISBN 9780393065312 Review The Scorpion s Sting Antislavery and the Coming of the Civil War W W Norton amp Company 2014 ISBN 978 0 393 23993 5 When Everybody Knew in David W Blight and Jim Downs eds 2017 Beyond Freedom Disrupting the History of Emancipation The University of Georgia Press pp 104 117 ISBN 9780820351483 The Crooked Path to Abolition Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution W W Norton amp Company 2021 ISBN 9781324005858 Foreword in Randy Barnett and Evan Bernick 2021 The Original Meaning of the 14th Amendment Its Letter and Spirit The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press References edit James Oakes Archived 2017 10 10 at the Wayback Machine Graduate Center City University of New York gc cuny edu Retrieved 2017 10 09 a b Press Release Graduate Center Historian James Oakes Wins 2008 Lincoln Prize for the Radical and the Republican News Graduate Center City University of New York February 1 2008 Retrieved 2017 10 09 Schuessler Jennifer February 12 2013 Lincoln Prize Winner Announced The New York Times Davis David Brion June 6 2013 How They Stopped Slavery A New Perspective preview only subscription required The New York Review of Books Davis in a review of Freedom National quoting Foner External links editTavis Smiley interview with James Oakes April 6 2007 pbs org Archived from the original on January 27 2011 Tom Mackaman interview with James Oakes on World Socialist Web Site about The New York Times 1619 Project 18 November 2019 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title James Oakes historian amp oldid 1176947991, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
