David Brion Davis

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David Brion Davis was a Director for Gilder Lehrman Ctr. for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition in the Yale University with 10 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1994 Speech as a Professor for the History Department in the Yale University. The year with the most videos was 2000 with two videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2014 with an average of 1,630 views per program. Most appearances with Richard Gilder (4), Lewis E. Lehrman (3), James G. Basker (3). Most common tags: African American History, U.S. History, African Americans.

Appearances by Title:c. January 1, 2001 - Present Professor Emeritus, History Department, Yale University

Videos: 3

Previously

Director, Gilder Lehrman Ctr. for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition, Yale University c. January 1, 1998 - c. January 1, 2004 Videos: 6 Professor, History Department, Yale University c. January 1, 1970 - c. January 1, 2001 Videos: 1

Recent Appearances

February 24, 2014
The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Brion Davis completes his three-volume history of slavery in the West. In the final vo…
November 9, 2012
Roots of Modern Day Slavery

Historians discuss 18th and 19th Century analogs and their relationships to contemporary slavery and abolition, as well as “w…
June 7, 2006
Inhuman Bondage

David Brion Davis talked about his book Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World, published by Oxford U…
April 28, 2006
Congress Confronting Slavery, Part 4

The U.S. Capitol Historical Society 2006 Spring Conference “Congress and Slavery in the 1840s and 1850s” is the third in the …