David Wheat has been awarded the James A. Rawley Prize for the integration of Atlantic worlds before the 20th century from the American Historical Association for Atlantic Africa and the Spanish Caribbean, 1570–1640 (Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the Univ. of North Carolina Press, 2016)

“The James A. Rawley Prize in Atlantic History was created in 1998 in accordance with the terms of a gift from James A. Rawley, Carl Adolph Happold Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. It is offered annually to recognize outstanding historical writing that explores aspects of integration of Atlantic worlds before the 20th century.”

Source: http://blog.historians.org/2017/10/american-historical-association-announces-2017-prize-winners/