Milton Sernett

Milton C. Sernett is an American 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 master's degree and Ph.D. in American history from the University of Delaware in 1972.[2] 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[5]

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 [1]
  • 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 [6]
  • Abolition's Axe: Beriah Green, Oneida Institute, and the Black Freedom Struggle, Syracuse University Press - 1986 [7]
  • 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
  1. 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)
  2. "Milton C. Sernett, Professor Emeritus, History and African American Studies". Maxwell.syr.edu. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  3. "Harriet Tubman Talk Draws Overflow Crowd" (PDF). Northcountryundergroundrailroad.com. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
  4. Pan African Studies Newsletter, 'Milton C. Sernett' - Pan African Studies at Syracuse University Newsletter, Special Edition, 2004/2005 p4
  5. Pan African Studies Newsletter, 'Milton C. Sernett ' - Pan African Studies at Syracuse University Newsletter, Special Edition, 2004/2005 p4
  6. 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)
  7. Knoblauch, Edward H. "The Antislavery Alliance of Gerrit Smith and Beriah Green - New York History Net". Nyhistory.com. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
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