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Sydney Nathans

1940–

United States

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Sydney Harold Nathans (born May 24, 1940) is an American historian who is a professor emeritus at Duke University and has written several history books including To Free a Family: The Journey of Mary Walker and A Mind to Stay: White Plantation, Black Homeland.

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