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Joseph Patrick Reidy (born 1948) is an historian of the American Civil War. He is a professor emeritus and retired associate provost at Howard University.

Reidy earned a BA in sociology from Villanova University, followed in 1974 by an M.A. from Northern Illinois University with a thesis titled Negro election day and the New England Black community, 1750-1865. He received his PhD in history in 1982, also from Northern Illinois University with a thesis titled Masters and slaves, planters and freedmen: the transition from slavery to freedom in central Georgia, 1820-1880.

Publications

• Illusions of Emancipation: The Pursuit of Freedom and Equality in the Twilight of Slavery, University of North Carolina Press (2019)
• From Slavery to Agrarian Capitalism in the Cotton Plantation South, Central Georgia 1800-1880, University of North Carolina Press (1995)
• Coeditor with Ira Berlin and Leslie S Rowland, The black military experience , part of Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867, Cambridge University Press, 2010

Awards and honors

• March 2020: Columbia University Bancroft Prize for Illusions of Emancipation: The Pursuit of Freedom and Equality in the Twilight of Slavery
• 2020: Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize, Finalist for Illusions of Emancipation: The Pursuit of Freedom and Equality in the Twilight of Slavery

References

1. Shaffer, Donald R. (2003-03-01). "Slaves, Sailors, Citizens: African Americans in the Union Navy". Journal of American History. 89 (4): 1531–1532. doi:10.2307/3092596. ISSN 0021-8723. JSTOR 3092596.
2. "National Park Service Press Release (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
3. "Book launch: Illusions of Emancipation, a new book by Dr. Joseph P. Reidy". Howard Calendar. 2019-02-02. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
4. Reidy, Joseph P (1974). Negro election day and the New England Black community, 1750-1865. OCLC 22394079 – via WorldCat.
5. "AHA Member Spotlight: Joseph Reidy | Perspectives on History | AHA". www.historians.org. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
6. Reidy, Joseph P (1982). Masters and slaves, planters and freedmen : the transition from slavery to freedom in central Georgia, 1820-1880. OCLC 49910920 – via WorldCat.
7. "From Slavery to Agrarian Capitalism in the Cotton Plantation South | Joseph P. Reidy". University of North Carolina Press. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
8. Schuessler, Jennifer (2020-03-18). "Bancroft Prize Goes to Books on Emancipation and Urban Renewal". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
9. "Columbia University Libraries Announces the Winners of the 2020 Bancroft Prizes | Columbia University Libraries". library.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
10. "Illusions of Emancipation | Joseph P. Reidy". University of North Carolina Press. Retrieved 2020-03-19.

• Living people
• Historians of the American Civil War
• 21st-century American historians
• 21st-century American male writers
• 1948 births
• 20th-century American historians
• 20th-century American male writers
• Northern Illinois University alumni
• Villanova University alumni
• Howard University faculty
• Bancroft Prize winners
• American male non-fiction writers