Rebecca J.
Scott
Rebecca Jarvis Scott (born July 18, 1950) is an
American historian, and Charles Gibson Distinguished Rebecca J. Scott
University Professor of History and Professor of Law, Born July 15, 1950
at University of Michigan. Athens, Georgia, U.S.
Spouse Peter A. Railton (m. 1978)
Academic background
Early life and education
Education Radcliffe College (BA)
Scott was born on July 18, 1950, in Athens, Georgia to London School of Economics
parents Andrew and Anne Scott.[1] She graduated from (MPhil)
Radcliffe College with an A.B., from the London Princeton University (PhD)
School of Economics with an [Link]. in economic Academic work
history and from Princeton University with a Ph.D.[2] Institutions University of Michigan
Career
After earning a MacArthur Fellowship in 1990,[2] Scott joined the faculty at the University of Michigan
(UMich) where she founded the Program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies.[3] During this time,
she co-wrote Beyond Slavery: Explorations of Race, Labor, and Citizenship in Postemancipation
Societies with Frederick Cooper and Thomas C. Holt. The book explored the journey from slavery to
freedom and how it impacted society.[4] In 2002, Scott was promoted to the Charles Gibson
Distinguished University Professor of History and Professor of Law at UMich[3] and a member of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[5]
In 2008, Scott's book Degrees of Freedom: Louisiana and Cuba after Slavery received the Frederick
Douglass Book Prize for the best book on slavery or abolition.[6] A few years later, she was appointed the
University of Michigan's Henry Russel Lecturer, the university's highest honor for its senior faculty.[7]
Works
Freedom Papers: An Atlantic Odyssey in the Age of Emancipation ([Link]
m/books?id=psIMywAACAAJ&q=rebecca+j.+scott), Authors Rebecca J. Scott, Jean M
Hébrard, Harvard University Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0-6740-4774-7
Degrees of Freedom: Louisiana and Cuba after Slavery ([Link]
=AMyD3rIwk9gC&dq=Rebecca+J.+Scott&pg=PP1), Harvard University Press, 2005,
ISBN 978-0-674-01932-4
Societies after Slavery ([Link]
J.+Scott&pg=PP1), Editors Rebecca J. Scott, Thomas C. Holt, Frederick Cooper, Aims
Mcguinness, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8229-5848-2
Slave Emancipation in Cuba: The Transition to Free Labor ([Link]
s?id=-mMBmhYxg8sC&q=Rebecca+J.+Scott), University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000,
ISBN 978-0-8229-5735-5
Beyond Slavery ([Link]
&pg=PP1), Authors Frederick Cooper, Thomas Cleveland Holt, Rebecca Jarvis Scott, UNC
Press, 2000, ISBN 978-0-8078-4854-8
"Exploring the Meaning of Freedom" ([Link]
dq=Rebecca+J.+Scott&pg=PA1), The Abolition of slavery and the aftermath of emancipation
in Brazil, Editor Rebecca Jarvis Scott, Duke University Press, 1988, ISBN 978-0-8223-0888-
1
"Beyond Comparison and Case Study" ([Link]
C&dq=Rebecca+J.+Scott&pg=PA79), Cuban studies since the revolution, Editor Damián J.
Fernández, University Press of Florida, 1992, ISBN 978-0-8130-1124-0
References
1. "Scott, Rebecca J. 1950-" ([Link]
rebecca-j-1950-rebecca-jarvis-scott). [Link]. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
2. "Rebecca J. Scott" ([Link] [Link]. Retrieved
March 29, 2020.
3. "Rebecca J. Scott named professor of law" ([Link]
aculty/Faculty_Lists/Alpha_Faculty/Documents/Law_Quad_Notes/Kennedy_Frank_2002.pd
f) (PDF). [Link]. 2002. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
4. Northrup, David (December 2001). "Review of Beyond Slavery: Explorations of Race, Labor,
and Citizenship in Postemancipation Societies" ([Link]
ct/106/5/1753/190442). The American Historical Review. 106 (5): 1753–1754.
doi:10.2307/2692754 ([Link] JSTOR 2692754 ([Link]
[Link]/stable/2692754). Retrieved March 29, 2020.
5. "Rebecca J. Scott" ([Link] [Link]. Retrieved
March 29, 2020.
6. "Rebecca Scott's Degrees of Freedom wins multiple honors" ([Link]
toryandtraditions/faculty/Faculty_Lists/Alpha_Faculty/Documents/Law_Quad_Notes/Scott_R
ebecca_J_2006.pdf) (PDF). [Link]. 2008. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
7. "One of U-M's Highest Honors Awarded to Prof. Rebecca Scott" ([Link]
nry-russel-lecturer-awardees-named-for-2012/). [Link]. 2012. Retrieved 26 Apr
2024.
External links
Rebecca J. Scott ([Link]
publications indexed by Google Scholar
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