Lois E. Horton (September 27, 1942 – September 22, 2021) was an American

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...

, specializing in African American history. She co-authored numerous foundational studies of nineteenth-century African American history and abolitionism.

Career

She received her Ph.D. from

Brandeis University , mottoeng = "Truth even unto its innermost parts" , established = , type = Private research university , accreditation = NECHE , president = Ronald D. Liebowitz , pro ...

in 1977. A highly respected, interdisciplinary scholar, she was especially well known for groundbreaking work on antebellum Black history and abolitionism. Much of her work was co-authored with the eminent historia
James Oliver Horton
who also was her husband. Together, the Hortons published some of the foundational work on nineteenth-century African American history, greatly contributing to historians' understanding of U.S. history more broadly. She was professor emeritus of history at

George Mason University George Mason University (George Mason, Mason, or GMU) is a public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia with an independent City of Fairfax, Virginia postal address in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. The university was origin ...

. Before her retirement, she held the Distinguished John Adams Chair in American History at George Mason, and visited the

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as a Fulbright scholar.

Bibliography

* ''Harriet Tubman and the Fight for Freedom: A Brief History with Documents Revolutionary Backlash: Women and Politics in the Early American Republic '' * ''Slavery and the Making of America'' with James Oliver Horton. Companion to 2005

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series. * ed. ''Slavery and Public History: The Tough Stuff of American Memory'' with James Oliver Horton * ''Slavery & the Law '' * ''Hard Road to Freedom: The Story of African America '' with James Oliver Horton * ''In Hope of Liberty: Culture, Community and Protest Among Northern Free Blacks, 1700-1860'' with James Oliver Horton. 1996. * ''History of the African American People: The History, Traditions and Culture of African Americans ''

References

21st-century American historians 1942 births 2021 deaths Brandeis University alumni George Mason University faculty Fulbright alumni {{US-historian-stub