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| notable_works = ''[[Freedpeople in the Tobacco South, Virginia 1860-1900]]''<br> ''[[Rites of August First: Emancipation Day in the Black Atlantic World]]''<br> ''[[Rebellious Passage: The Creole Revolt and America's Coastal Slave Trade]]'' |
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'''Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie''' (1960) |
'''Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie''' (born 1960) is a British historian and professor at [[Howard University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://profiles.howard.edu/#/profile/43581/jeffrey-kerr-ritchie|title=People Profile ||website=profiles.howard.edu}}</ref> |
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== Education == |
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Born in London, Kerr-Ritchie was educated at [[Kingston University]] in England, and the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in Philadelphia, United States.<ref name="auto"/> |
Born in London, Kerr-Ritchie was educated at [[Kingston University]] in England, and the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in Philadelphia, United States.<ref name="auto"/> |
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== Career == |
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He has taught at [[Wesleyan University]], University of Pennsylvania, [[Columbia University]], Binghamton University, and the University of |
He has taught at [[Wesleyan University]], University of Pennsylvania, [[Columbia University]], Binghamton University, and the [[University of North Carolina at Greensboro]]. He has been at Howard University since 2006.<ref name="auto"/> |
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== Awards == |
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Kerr-Ritchie has been a Fellow at Fulbright-Hays UK, the Schomburg Center in New York, and the National Humanities Center in North Carolina. |
Kerr-Ritchie has been a Fellow at Fulbright-Hays UK, the Schomburg Center in New York, and the National Humanities Center in North Carolina. |
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== Publications == |
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His first book, ''Freedpeople in the Tobacco South, Virginia 1860-1900'', expands the traditional periodization of US Reconstruction to argue for the making of a black peasantry as a consequence of transformations in the global tobacco economy. |
His first book, ''Freedpeople in the Tobacco South, Virginia 1860-1900'', expands the traditional periodization of US Reconstruction to argue for the making of a black peasantry as a consequence of transformations in the global tobacco economy.{{cn|date=March 2024}} His second, ''Rites of August First: Emancipation Day in the Black Atlantic World'', examines commemorations of British colonial abolition and how these served as sites of anti-US slavery mobilization in the English-speaking Atlantic between the 1830s and 1860s.{{cn|date=March 2024}} The third, ''Freedom’s Seekers: Essays on Comparative Emancipation,'' offers a broad transnational focus of experiences and lives challenging nation-centered histories that usually end up reifying exceptional narratives of emancipation.{{cn|date=March 2024}} The fourth book, ''Rebellious Passage: The Creole Revolt and America’s Coastal Slave Trade'', provides the first scholarly examination of the US maritime slave trade and a successful slave ship revolt in 1841 with international ramifications.{{cn|date=March 2024}} |
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== Books == |
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* Kerr-Ritchie, Jeffery R., ''Freedpeople in the Tobacco South, Virginia 1860-1900''. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1999, {{ISBN|0-8078-4763-1}} |
* Kerr-Ritchie, Jeffery R., ''Freedpeople in the Tobacco South, Virginia 1860-1900''. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1999, {{ISBN|0-8078-4763-1}} |
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* Kerr-Ritchie, Jeffery R., ''Rites of August First: Emancipation Day in the Black Atlantic World''. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 2007, {{ISBN|978-0-8071-3232-6}} |
* Kerr-Ritchie, Jeffery R., ''Rites of August First: Emancipation Day in the Black Atlantic World''. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 2007, {{ISBN|978-0-8071-3232-6}} |
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* Kerr-Ritchie, Jeffery R., ''Freedom’s Seekers: Essays on Comparative Emancipation.'' Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 2014. {{ISBN|978-0-8071-5471-7}} |
* Kerr-Ritchie, Jeffery R., ''Freedom’s Seekers: Essays on Comparative Emancipation.'' Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 2014. {{ISBN|978-0-8071-5471-7}} |
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* Kerr-Ritchie, Jeffery R., R''ebellious Passage: The Creole Revolt and America’s Coastal Slave Trade.'' New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019. {{ISBN|978-1-108-70000-9}} |
* Kerr-Ritchie, Jeffery R., R''ebellious Passage: The Creole Revolt and America’s Coastal Slave Trade.'' New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019. {{ISBN|978-1-108-70000-9}} |
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== External links == |
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=== Personal Life === |
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Kerr-Ritchie is married to Elizabeth Lindquist; <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://whitehallantiques.com/|title=Antique Dealers | Chapel Hill, NC - Whitehall Antiques|website=whitehallantiques.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.coldwellbanker.com/Coldwell-Banker-Advantage-11983c/ELIZABETH-LINDQUIST-461207a|title=ELIZABETH LINDQUIST of Coldwell Banker Advantage|website=www.coldwellbanker.com}}</ref>they have two children, and live in Durham, North Carolina |
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* [https://profiles.howard.edu/profile/43581/jeffrey-kerr-ritchie Howard University Faculty Page] |
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| Born | Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie 1960 London, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Historian |
Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie (born 1960) is a British historian and professor at Howard University in Washington, D.C.[1]
Education
[edit]Born in London, Kerr-Ritchie was educated at Kingston University in England, and the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, United States.[1]
Career
[edit]He has taught at Wesleyan University, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, Binghamton University, and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has been at Howard University since 2006.[1]
Awards
[edit]Kerr-Ritchie has been a Fellow at Fulbright-Hays UK, the Schomburg Center in New York, and the National Humanities Center in North Carolina.
Publications
[edit]His first book, Freedpeople in the Tobacco South, Virginia 1860-1900, expands the traditional periodization of US Reconstruction to argue for the making of a black peasantry as a consequence of transformations in the global tobacco economy.[citation needed] His second, Rites of August First: Emancipation Day in the Black Atlantic World, examines commemorations of British colonial abolition and how these served as sites of anti-US slavery mobilization in the English-speaking Atlantic between the 1830s and 1860s.[citation needed] The third, Freedom’s Seekers: Essays on Comparative Emancipation, offers a broad transnational focus of experiences and lives challenging nation-centered histories that usually end up reifying exceptional narratives of emancipation.[citation needed] The fourth book, Rebellious Passage: The Creole Revolt and America’s Coastal Slave Trade, provides the first scholarly examination of the US maritime slave trade and a successful slave ship revolt in 1841 with international ramifications.[citation needed]
Books
[edit]- Kerr-Ritchie, Jeffery R., Freedpeople in the Tobacco South, Virginia 1860-1900. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-8078-4763-1
- Kerr-Ritchie, Jeffery R., Rites of August First: Emancipation Day in the Black Atlantic World. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8071-3232-6
- Kerr-Ritchie, Jeffery R., Freedom’s Seekers: Essays on Comparative Emancipation. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0-8071-5471-7
- Kerr-Ritchie, Jeffery R., Rebellious Passage: The Creole Revolt and America’s Coastal Slave Trade. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019. ISBN 978-1-108-70000-9
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "People Profile |". profiles.howard.edu.
Quotations related to Jeffrey Kerr-Ritchie at Wikiquote- Howard University Faculty Page
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