Carleton Mabee

Carleton Mabee (1914-2014) was an American historian and biographer who won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1944 for his work The American Leonardo: The Life of Samuel F. B. Morse. His other notable books include Black Freedom: The Nonviolent Abolitionists from 1830 Through the Civil War, Sojourner Truth: Slave, Prophet, Legend (co-authored with his daughter), and works on New York State history such as Black Education in New York State and Bridging the Hudson. Born in Shanghai to missionary parents, he became professor emeritus at SUNY New Paltz and authored numerous books on American history, abolitionism, and regional topics.