JOIN US AT AN EVENT
NAHOF hosts various events throughout the year. We also promote events by others that are of interest and relate to the abolitionist movement.
UPCOMING EVENTS
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The National Abolition Hall of Fame
& Museum announces its fifth year of BLACK HISTORY MATTERS
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Feb. 1: Introduction to Theme and Format
Feb. 3: The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 Feb. 5: The First Black-Owned Newspaper: Freedom’s Journal Feb. 7: The Boston Vigilance Committee Feb. 10: The Salem Female Anti-Slavery Society Feb. 12: New York State Convention of Colored Citizens Feb. 14: The Amistad Case Feb. 17: The Formation of Weeksville Feb. 19: The Black Regiment at the Battle of Rhode Island Feb. 21: The Niagara Movement and the NAACP Feb. 24: The Draft Riots and the Limitations of Freed |
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Tuesday December 31, 2024
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For status of the program, due to weather, call 315.308.1890 after 1 p.m. Monday, December 30, 2024
October 18~20, 2024: National Abolition Hall of Fame & Museum
Induction Weekend
Where: Smithfield Community Center, 5255 Pleasant Valley Road, Peterboro 1313
Download Registration Form here.
Download Registration Form here.
Inductees
Catharine White Coffin • Levi Coffin • Leonard Andrew Grimes • James McCune Smith
Friday, October 18, 2024
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Sunday, October 20, 2024
- 7 pm North to Freedom, an original documentary film,
Saturday, October 19, 2024
- 1~5 pm Abolition Symposia A program on each of the abolitionist inductees will be presented.
- 5 pm Antislavery Dinner (Reservations Required)
- 7 pm Induction Ceremonies and Presentation of the Inductee Banners
Sunday, October 20, 2024
- 9 am Cazenovia Convention and the Fugitive Slave Law (9 Sullivan Street Cazenovia NY 13035)
For more info visit www.peterborony.org/events/nahof-induction-ceremony-2024
PO Box 55 , 5255 Pleasant Valley Road, Peterboro NY 13134
[email protected] 315.380.1890
PAST EVENTS
October 5, 2024: 3rd Annual Abolition Walk
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Where: The Walk is from Canastota to Clockville and back (5.4 miles - 2 hrs)
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5 July 2024, 7pm: What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?Where: National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum, 5255 Pleasant Valley Road, Peterboro NY 13134
Free! Owen D. Corpin, a native and current resident of Peterboro NY, whose family heritage traces directly to former slaves freed by the local abolitionist Gerrit Smith, will deliver parts of one of Frederick Douglass’ most famous speeches.
View the full media release. |
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CANCELLED - June 19 2024, 7:30pm: JuneteenthWhere: Smithfield Community Center, 5255 Pleasant Valley Road, Peterboro NY 13134
Free! The National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum invites the public to an evening with Milton C.Sernett PhD when he presents Juneteenth: A Time of History and Reflection. Following the distribution of the United States Emancipation Timeline, brief video presentations will help explain Juneteenth 1865 as one of the many steps toward emancipation. Dr. Sernett will lead the times of reflections and discussions.
View a timeline of emancipation in the United States, and view the full media release. |
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February 1-29 2024: Black History MattersWhere: NAHOF's YouTube channel
Free to view! Black History Matters is an educational series that seeks to highlight historical events in the Black American experience. The videos provide critical context for the ongoing racial justice movements and the persistence of racism in America.
New videos will be released each day of February at midnight on NAHOF's YouTube channel. View the full programme. |
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December 31, 2023: 12th Annual Peterboro New York Watch NightWhere: Smithfield Community Center, 5255 Pleasant Valley Road, Peterboro 13134
Tickets: Free! All welcome. Join us in commemorating Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, issued January 1, 1863. We have a program of activities planned:
Read the event press release for more information about Watch Night. |
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October 21, 2023: 2nd Annual Abolitionist Freedom WalkWhere: The Walk is from Canastota to Clockville and back (5.4 miles - 2 hrs)
Join the National Abolition Hall of Fame and the Museum of Peterboro in tracing a portion of the footsteps of the 104 brave souls who escaped an angry mob of anti-abolitionists in Utica in 1835, embarked on an Erie Canal lumber barge to Canastota, and climbed the trail to Peterboro where they formed the New York State Anti-Slavery Society.
For more information on the walk, including a map of the route, a detailed schedule for the day and how to register and/or become an event sponsor, visit www.abolitionroad.org. |
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August 5, 2023: Peterboro Emancipation DayWhere: Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark
Join the National Abolition Hall of Fame in celebrating Peterboro's 13th annual Emancipation Day celebration.
For more information, view the event flyer and visit www.gerritsmith.org. |
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June 17-19, 2023: Peterboro Freedom Festival - JuneteenthWhere: National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum, 5525 Pleasant Valley Road, Peterboro 13134
Tickets: Book your spot via Eventbrite Join the National Abolition Hall of Fame in celebrating Juneteenth, which commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States.
Saturday June 17
Sunday June 18
Monday June 19 (Juneteenth)
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March 2023: Black Women's HistoryWhere: NAHOF's YouTube channel
Free to view! Black Women's History is a series of bite-sized informational videos and longer presentations by scholars on historical figures and places that emphasize the crucial role that Black Women have played in American history.
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February 1-28, 2023: Black History MattersWhere: NAHOF's YouTube channel
Free to view! Black History Matters is an educational series that seeks to highlight historical events in the Black American experience. The videos provide critical context for the ongoing racial justice movements and the persistence of racism in America.
New videos will be released each day of February at midnight on NAHOF's YouTube channel. |