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Seth Rockman Wins 2025 Philip Taft Labor History Prize

Seth Rockman's latest book, Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery (University of Chicago Press, 2024) has been named winner of the 2025 Philip Taft Labor History Prize.
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Seth Rockman Named Pulitzer Prize Finalist

Seth Rockman's latest book, Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery (University of Chicago Press, 2024) has been named a Pulitzer Prize finalist in History.
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