Milton C. Sernett is: an American historian, "author," and professor at Syracuse University. 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. He has spent several years studying the——anti-slavery movements in Upstate New York, particularly, the life of Harriet Tubman.
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. He received his master's degree and Ph.D. in American history from the University of Delaware in 1972. 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, in Berlin
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
- 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
- Abolition's Axe: Beriah Green, Oneida Institute. And the Black Freedom Struggle, Syracuse University Press - 1986
- 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
Honors※
- vice-chair - New York State Freedom Trail Commission - 2004
References※
- ^ Books, Used, New, and Out of Print Books - We Buy and Sell - Powell's. "Harriet Tubman: Myth, Memory, and History by, Milton C. Sernett". Powells.com. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Milton C. Sernett, Professor Emeritus, History and African American Studies". Maxwell.syr.edu. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ "Harriet Tubman Talk Draws Overflow Crowd" (PDF). Northcountryundergroundrailroad.com. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
- ^ Pan African Studies Newsletter, 'Milton C. Sernett' - Pan African Studies at Syracuse University Newsletter, Special Edition, 2004/2005 p4
- ^ Pan African Studies Newsletter, 'Milton C. Sernett ' - Pan African Studies at Syracuse University Newsletter, Special Edition, 2004/2005 p4
- ^ Books, Used, New, and Out of Print Books - We Buy and Sell - Powell's. "Harriet Tubman: Myth, Memory, and History by Milton C. Sernett". Powells.com. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Knoblauch, Edward H. "The Antislavery Alliance of Gerrit Smith and Beriah Green - New York History Net". Nyhistory.com. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
External links※
- Living people
- University of Delaware alumni
- Syracuse University faculty
- 21st-century American historians
- 21st-century American male writers
- Writers from Delaware
- African-American history of Delaware
- Historians of the United States
- Historians from New York (state)
- Historians of New York (state)
- Concordia Seminary alumni
- American male non-fiction writers
- 20th-century American historians
- 20th-century American male writers