The Slave Ship
A Human History
Awards
- The 2008 James A. Rawley Prize, given by the American Historical Association
- The 2008 George Washington Book Prize, given by the Gilder Lehrman Institute, the Mount Vernon Ladies Association, and Washington College. (Read Marcus’s prize acceptance speech here.)
- The 2008 OAH Merle Curti Award, given by the Organization of American Historians