#  AAAS Professor Vincent Brown Wins 2021 Frederick Douglass Book Prize 

 





November 23, 2021

 

 

On **Tuesday, November 23, 2021,** Yale University announced that the 2021 Frederick Douglass Book Prize will be shared by two scholars, Marjoleine Kars and **[AAAS Professor Vincent Brown](/people/vincent-brown)** for his book *[Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674737570)*. This is the 23rd annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize to be awarded in recognition of the best book written in English on slavery, resistance, and/or abolition published in the preceding year. Professor Brown shares a $25,000 prize which will be awarded at a ceremony on February 17, 2022. Read the full press release at Yale's [website](https://glc.yale.edu/news/yale-announces-2021-frederick-douglass-book-prize-winners?fbclid=IwAR0Mye3yQyBS7RhOmvxBfpzGpRz7N5rJyfcEPtA6n-v_icHochFd4NrdDuE).

 

 

 



 

 

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