Frederick Douglass Book PrizeFirst Prize2015

Given by Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Other Names: Frederick Douglass Prize
1 Work 64 Books 1 Review
In partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History awards an annual $25,000 show more prize for an outstanding book published on the subject of slavery or abolition. The prize was first awarded in 1999.
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