Bancroft Prize
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Philip D. Morgan
フィリップ・ディー・モーガン
Firippu D. Mōgan
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- England
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- England → Williamsburg, Virginia, USA → Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Career
- Occupations
- Historian, Academic, Editor, Author
- Active Years
- 1975-
- Affiliations
- Johns Hopkins University, Department of History, College of William & Mary, Department of History
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Cambridge | Faculty of History | Department of History | BA | — | United Kingdom |
| University College London | Faculty of History | Department of History | PhD | — | United Kingdom |
University of Cambridge
Faculty of History
/ Department of History
Degree:
BA
Country:
United Kingdom
Bachelor's degree (year unknown)
University College London
Faculty of History
/ Department of History
Degree:
PhD
Country:
United Kingdom
PhD awarded (year unknown)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Bancroft Prize | Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry | — | Columbia University | Winner |
| 1999 | Frederick Douglass Prize | Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry | — | Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition (Yale University) | Winner (shared) |
| 1998 | Albert J. Beveridge Award | Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry | — | American Historical Association | Winner |
| 1998 | Wesley-Logan Prize | Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry | — | American Historical Association (for African Diaspora history) | Winner |
| 1999 | Jacques Barzun Prize | Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry | — | American Philosophical Society | Winner |
| — | Elliott Rudwick Prize | Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry | — | Organization of American Historians | Winner |
| — | South Carolina Historical Society Prize | Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry | — | South Carolina Historical Society | Winner |
| — | Library of Virginia Literary Nonfiction Award | Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry | — | Library of Virginia | Winner |
| — | Frank L. and Harriet C. Owsley Prize | Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry | — | Southern Historical Association | Winner |
Bancroft Prize
1999
Work:
Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
Winner
Frederick Douglass Prize
1999
Work:
Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry
Organization:
Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition (Yale University)
Result:
Winner (shared)
Albert J. Beveridge Award
1998
Work:
Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry
Organization:
American Historical Association
Result:
Winner
Wesley-Logan Prize
1998
Work:
Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry
Organization:
American Historical Association (for African Diaspora history)
Result:
Winner
Jacques Barzun Prize
1999
Work:
Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry
Organization:
American Philosophical Society
Result:
Winner
Elliott Rudwick Prize
Work:
Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry
Organization:
Organization of American Historians
Result:
Winner
South Carolina Historical Society Prize
Work:
Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry
Organization:
South Carolina Historical Society
Result:
Winner
Library of Virginia Literary Nonfiction Award
Work:
Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry
Organization:
Library of Virginia
Result:
Winner
Frank L. and Harriet C. Owsley Prize
Work:
Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry
Organization:
Southern Historical Association
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry
1998 History (Atlantic history; slavery studies)A comparative study of black communities in the eighteenth-century Chesapeake and Lowcountry, examining cultural formation, labor, religion, family, and resistance to illuminate regional differences and dynamics of African American culture.
SlaveryAtlantic WorldAfrican diasporaCultural formationResistance and adaptation
Colonial Chesapeake Society (edited, with Lois Green Carr and Jean Burrell Russo)
1988 History (colonial studies)An edited collection addressing social structure, economy, family, and land use in the Chesapeake region, providing foundational analysis and primary-source discussion for regional history.
Regional historySocial structureColonial economy
Black Experience and the Empire (edited, with Sean Hawkins)
2006 History (imperial history; black history)An edited volume exploring the diversity of black experiences during imperial periods, rethinking relationships between empire and black life through labor, military service, and cross-cultural exchange.
Imperial historyMilitary historyBlack experiences
Bibliography
- Colonial Chesapeake Society (ed., 1988)
- Strangers within the Realm (ed. with Bernard Bailyn, 1991)
- Cultivation and Culture (introduction, 1993)
- Slave Counterpoint (1998)
- Black Experience and the Empire (ed., 2006)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Scholarly, comparative-historical narrativeEvidence-driven analysis of primary sourcesClear, expository prose
- Recurring Motifs
- Regional comparisonSlavery and cultural formationLabor and power relationsResistance and adaptation
Legacy
Philip D. Morgan is a historian highly regarded for comparative studies of the eighteenth-century American South and Chesapeake that clarified regional differences and processes in African American cultural formation. His book Slave Counterpoint received multiple major awards and is considered a landmark in slavery studies and Atlantic history.
Academic Societies
- American Historical Association
- Southern Historical Association
Archives
- Johns Hopkins University Department of History archives (likely holds related materials)
Trivia
- Served as editor of the William and Mary Quarterly from 1997 to 2000.
- Held the Harmsworth Professorship of American History at Oxford in 2011–2012.
- Born in 1949.