"American historian" . . "Benjamin Arthur Quarles"@en . "1996-11-16Z"^^ . "Quarles, Benjamin Arthur"@en . . "1904-01-23Z"^^ . . . . "1996Z"^^ . . "Benjamin Arthur Quarles (January 23, 1904 \u2013 November 16, 1996) was an African-American historian, administrator, scholar, educator, and writer. Major books by Quarles include The Negro in the American Revolution (1961), Lincoln and the Negro (1962), The Negro in the Civil War (1968), and Black Abolitionists (1969). He demonstrated that blacks were active participants in major conflicts and issues of American history."@en . . . "1904Z"^^ . .