Home › Authors › James Oakes 👤 James Oakes b. 1741 – d. 1829 · 3 books Biography American historian specializing in the history of American slavery; winner of the 2008 Lincoln Prize for his <i>The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics</i> Books by James Oakes The Oakes Diaries: Business, P The Oakes Diaries: Business, Politics and the Family in Bury St. Edmunds 1778-1827 1991 The Oakes diaries The Oakes diaries 1990 The diary of a country banker The diary of a country banker 1987