Lois Horton
American historian (1942–2021)
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Career
She received her Ph.D. from Brandeis University in 1977.[2] She was especially well known for her work on antebellum Black history and abolitionism. Much of her work was co-authored with the eminent historian James Oliver Horton, who also was her husband. Together, the Hortons published some of the foundational work on nineteenth-century African American history, contributing to historians' understanding of U.S. history.[3]
She was professor emeritus of history at George Mason University.[4] Before her retirement, she held the Distinguished John Adams Chair in American History at George Mason, and visited the University of Amsterdam as a Fulbright scholar.[5]
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.[6] Companion to 2005 PBS series.[7]
- ed. Slavery and Public History: The Tough Stuff of American Memory with James Oliver Horton[8][9]
- Slavery & the Law
- Hard Road to Freedom: The Story of African America with James Oliver Horton[10]
- 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
