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W. Caleb McDaniel

ダブリュー・ケイレブ・マクダニエル

W. Keirebu Makudanieru

Aliases: William Caleb McDaniel

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1979-08-02 (Texas, USA)
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Texas → Denver, Colorado → Houston, Texas

Career

Occupations
historian, associate professor of history
Active Years
2006-2024
Affiliations
Rice University, University of Denver
Memberships
Board member, Historians Against Slavery
Influenced By
Dorothy Ross

Education

Texas A&M University
History
Degree: BA, MA
Country: United States
Undergraduate and Master's degrees
Johns Hopkins University
History
Degree: PhD
Year of Graduation: 2006
Country: United States
PhD, Thesis: Our Country is the World: Radical American Abolitionists Abroad.

Awards

Pulitzer Prize for History
2020
Work: Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America
Organization: Columbia University
Result: 受賞
Merle Curti Award
2014
Work: The Problem of Democracy in the Age of Slavery: Garrisonian Abolitionists and Transatlantic Reform
Organization: Organization of American Historians
Result: 受賞
James H. Broussard First Book Prize
2013
Work: The Problem of Democracy in the Age of Slavery: Garrisonian Abolitionists and Transatlantic Reform
Organization: SHEAR
Result: 受賞
Avery O. Craven Award
2020
Work: Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America
Organization: Organization of American Historians
Result: 受賞
Ralph D. Gray Article Prize
2008
Work: Repealing Unions: American Abolitionists, Irish Repeal, and the Origins of Garrisonian Disunionism
Result: 受賞
George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching
2017
Organization: Rice University
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America

2019 History

A historical account of Henrietta Wood, a former slave captured and enslaved twice, who won the largest known financial settlement for slavery from a U.S. court.

slaveryrestitutionAmerican history

The Problem of Democracy in the Age of Slavery: Garrisonian Abolitionists and Transatlantic Reform

2013 History

Focuses on the rise of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison and his transatlantic network of connections.

abolitionismdemocracytransatlantic reform

Legacy

Known for winning the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for History with his book on slavery and restitution; first Rice University professor to win a Pulitzer.

Trivia

  • First Rice University professor to win a Pulitzer Prize.
  • Received NEH grant for research on Henrietta Wood.