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Ira Berlin
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Ira Berlin (May 27, 1941 – June 5, 2018[1]) was an American historian, professor of history at the University of Maryland, and former president of Organization of American Historians.
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Born | May 27, 1941 |
Died | June 5, 2018 |
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Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
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Institutions | University of Maryland |
Doctoral students | Jessica Marie Johnson |
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Berlin wrote the books Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America (1998) and Generations of Captivity: A History of African-American Slaves (2003).