David Eltis is an American historian, and Robert W. Woodruff Professor of History, Emory University. ^[1]

He graduated from from the University of Rochester with a PhD, in 1979.

Awards

• 2000 Frederick Douglass Prize
• Trevor Reese Memorial Prize

Works

• Economic Growth and The Ending of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. New York: Oxford University Press. 1987. ISBN 9780195041354. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZT1kLJOtt94C&printsec=frontcover&dq=david+eltis&source=bl&ots=HxbL2-w-YS&sig=1jcDY3BEeopKLzdPEp33egL1B4c&hl=en&ei=UFefTJrxLMH7lwfL6qCFCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=17&sqi=2&ved=0CFUQ6AEwEA#v=onepage&q&f=false. 
• The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas. Cambridge University Press. 2000. ISBN 9780521655484. http://books.google.com/books?id=bezxk-6n31YC&printsec=frontcover&dq=david+eltis&source=bl&ots=OkwB_Vvpnc&sig=Sj5aMxJYaGD6Q-kDcErAxvOsYgc&hl=en&ei=UFefTJrxLMH7lwfL6qCFCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=13&sqi=2&ved=0CEcQ6AEwDA#v=onepage&q&f=false. 
• The military revolution in sixteenth-century Europe. I.B.Tauris. 1998. ISBN 9781860643521. http://books.google.com/books?id=I3XFsOc6QCIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=david+eltis&source=bl&ots=UNdOutY8tK&sig=2djVxhkLVYanBRjDH9GaeM5dGOY&hl=en&ei=xlifTKXpOsaqlAft57jsAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CCsQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q&f=false. ^[2]

• David Eltis, ed (2002). Coerced and free migration: global perspectives. Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804744546. http://books.google.com/books?id=B7ItKHw7ZKkC&pg=PA33&dq=david+eltis&hl=en&ei=THCfTOf1JsT_lge0uIDsAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false. 

References

External links

• "INTERVIEW: David Eltis", Time, JENNIFER HUNT, Oct. 05, 2000
• "Slave trade records now searchable online", Furturity, April 22, 2009