Julius S. Scott
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| Born | Julius Sherrod Scott III July 31, 1955 Marshall, Texas, United States |
| Died | December 6, 2021 (aged 66) Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States |
| Parent | Julius Samuel Scott Jr. (father) |
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| Thesis | The Common Wind: Afro-American Currents in the Age of Revolution |
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| Institutions | University of Michigan |
Julius Sherrod Scott III (July 31, 1955 – December 6, 2021) was an American scholar of slavery and Caribbean and Atlantic history. He was best known for his influential doctoral thesis and later book The Common Wind: Afro-American Currents in the Age of the Haitian Revolution. Scott's original thesis has been regarded as "arguably the most read, sought after and discussed English-language dissertation in the humanities and social sciences during the 20th century", elevating the historian to the position of an intellectual "cult figure among scholars" in the field.