James A. Rawley (November 19, 1916 - November 29, 2005) was professor of history emeritus at the

University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Nebraska, NU, or UNL) is a public land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska. Chartered in 1869 by the Nebraska Legislature as part of the Morrill Act of 1862, the school was known as the Univers ...

. He was a specialist in the American Civil War, American race-relations and the life of Abraham Lincoln. His ''The Transatlantic Slave Trade: A History'' (1981) was updated by Stephen D. Behrendt in 2005. The

James A. Rawley Prize (OAH) The James A. Rawley Prize is given by the Organization of American Historians (OAH), for the best book on race relations in the United States. The prize is given in memory of James A. Rawley, Carl Adolph Happold Professor of History Emeritus at th ...

is given in his memory by the Organization of American Historians for the best book on race relations, and the James A. Rawley Prize (AHA) is given in his memory by the

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for the best book in Atlantic history.

Selected publications

* ''Edwin D. Morgan: Merchant in Politics, 1811–83'' (1955) * "The Nationalism of Abraham Lincoln", '' Civil War History'' (1963) * ''Turning Points of the Civil War'' (1966) * ''Race and Politics: "Bleeding Kansas" and the Coming of the Civil War'' (1969) * ''Lincoln and Civil War Politics'' (1969) (editor) * ''The Politics of Union: Northern Politics during the Civil War'' (1974) * ''The Transatlantic Slave Trade: A History'' (1981) * ''Secession: The Disruption of the American Republic, 1844–61'' (1990) * ''Abraham Lincoln and a Nation Worth Fighting For'' (1996) * ''London: Metropolis of the Slave Trade'' (2003)

References

1916 births 2005 deaths University of Nebraska–Lincoln faculty Historians of slavery Historians of Abraham Lincoln Historians of the American Civil War Historians from Indiana 20th-century American historians {{US-historian-stub