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Walter Johnson (historian)
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Walter Johnson (born 1967 in Columbia, Missouri) is an American historian, and a professor of History and of African and African-American Studies at Harvard University, where he previously (2014-2020) directed the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History.
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Walter Johnson | |
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![]() Walter Johnson discussing the slave trade in New Orleans, 2000. | |
Born | 1967 (age 56ā57) Columbia, Missouri, U.S. |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Amherst College Princeton University |
Academic work | |
Discipline | History |
Institutions | New York University Harvard University |