Rebecca J. Scott

Rebecca Jarvis Scott (born July 18, 1950) is an American historian who is a Charles Gibson Distinguished University Professor of History and Professor of Law at the University of Michigan.

Early life and education Scott was born on July 18, 1950, in Athens, Georgia to parents Andrew and Anne Scott. She graduated from Radcliffe College with an A.B., from the London School of Economics with an M.Phil. in economic history and from Princeton University with a Ph.D.

Career After earning a MacArthur Fellowship in 1990, During this time, she co-wrote Beyond Slavery: Explorations of Race, Labor, and Citizenship in Postemancipation Societies with Frederick Cooper and Thomas C. Holt. The book explored the journey from slavery to freedom and how it impacted society. In 2002, Scott was promoted to the Charles Gibson Distinguished University Professor of History and Professor of Law at UMich

In 2006, Scott's book Degrees of Freedom: Louisiana and Cuba after Slavery received the Frederick Douglass Book Prize for the best book on slavery or abolition. A few years later, she was appointed the University of Michigan's Henry Russel Lecturer, the university's highest honor for its senior faculty.

Works Freedom Papers: An Atlantic Odyssey in the Age of Emancipation, Authors Rebecca J. Scott, Jean M Hébrard, Harvard University Press, 2012, Degrees of Freedom: Louisiana and Cuba after Slavery, Harvard University Press, 2005, Societies after Slavery, Editors Rebecca J. Scott, Thomas C. Holt, Frederick Cooper, Aims Mcguinness, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004, Slave Emancipation in Cuba: The Transition to Free Labor, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000, Beyond Slavery, Authors Frederick Cooper, Thomas Cleveland Holt, Rebecca Jarvis Scott, UNC Press, 2000, "Exploring the Meaning of Freedom", The Abolition of slavery and the aftermath of emancipation in Brazil, Editor Rebecca Jarvis Scott, Duke University Press, 1988, "Beyond Comparison and Case Study", Cuban studies since the revolution, Editor Damián J. Fernández, University Press of Florida, 1992,