James Oakes 
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SOURCE: World Wide Socialist Web
11/18/19
An interview with historian James Oakes on the New York Times’ 1619 Project
"Collectively their work has prompted some very strong criticism from scholars in the field. My concern is that by avoiding some of the basic analytical questions, most of the scholars have backed into a neo-liberal economic interpretation of slavery."
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SOURCE: Press Release
2-12-13
2013 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize goes to James Oakes for "Freedom National"
Newswise — GETTYSBURG, Pa. – The 2013 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize will go to James Oakes of the Graduate Center, City University of New York, for “Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865” (W. W. Norton & Company).
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