Milton Sernett
Milton C. Sernett is a historian, author, and professor at Syracuse University.[1] He has published many books, articles and book chapters on African American history. His published works in African-American history focus on abolitionism, religion, biographies and the Underground Railroad.[2] He has spent several years studying the anti-slavery movements in Upstate New york, particularly, the life of Harriet Tubman.[3]
He currently teaches in the Department of Religion, History Department and Department of African American Studies at Syracuse University.
Early life
He is a graduate from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis Missouri.[4] He received his Masters degree and Ph.D. in American history from the University of Delaware in 1972.[5] He served as s research fellow at the WEB Du Bois Institute at Harvard University and a Fulbright Senior Scholar at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies .[6]
Published Works
Books
- Harriet Tubman: Myth, Memory, and History - 2007
- North Star Country: Upstate New York and the Crusade for African American Freedom, Syracuse University Press - 2002 [7]
- African American Religious History: A Documentary Witness, Duke University Press- 1999
- Bound for the Promised Land: African American Religion and the Great Migration, Duke University Press - 1997 [8]
- Abolition's Axe: Beriah Green, Oneida Institute, and the Black Freedom Struggle, Syracuse University Press - 1986 [9]
- Afro-American Religious History: A Documentary Witness, Duke University Press - 1985 (1985-86 Choice Outstanding Academic Book)
- Afro-American Religious History: Documents and Interpretations, Syracuse University - 1981.
- Black Religion And American Evangelism: White Protestants, Plantation Missions, and the Flowering of Negro Christianity, 1787-1865 - 1975
Other Publications
- “African American Religion,” for The Oxford Companion to United States History
- “On Freedom’s Trail: Researching the Underground Railroad in New York State,” for Afro-Americans in New York Life and History
T.V. Appearances
- Underground Railroad Legends and Lore - 2003 CSPAN (self, panelist)
Honors
- vice-chair - New York State Freedom Trail Commission - 2004
References
- ↑ http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9780822340737-0
- ↑ http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/faculty.aspx?id=6442451567
- ↑ http://www.northcountryundergroundrailroad.com/flyers/Harriet_Tubman_Talk_Draws_Overflow_Crowd.pdf
- ↑ Pan African Studies Newsletter, 'Milton C. Sernett' - Pan African Studies at Syracuse University Newsletter, Special Edition, 2004/2005 p4
- ↑ http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/faculty.aspx?id=6442451567
- ↑ Pan African Studies Newsletter, 'Milton C. Sernett ' - Pan African Studies at Syracuse University Newsletter, Special Edition, 2004/2005 p4
- ↑ http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9780822340737-0
- ↑ http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9780822340737-0/
- ↑ http://www.nyhistory.com/gerritsmith/bgreen.htm#author