James Oakes
For the senior circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, see James L. Oakes.James Oakes (born December 19, 1953) is an American historian, and is a Distinguished Professor of History and Graduate School Humanities Professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York where he teaches history courses on the American Civil War and Reconstruction, Slavery, the Old South, Abolitionism and U.S. and World History. He taught previously at Princeton University and Northwestern University.
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| Birth date | December 19, 1953 |
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