Welcome to the sixth year of Black History Matters. Videos will be released two per week throughout the month of February on the National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/@AbolitionHallofFame, and can also be accessed through the NAHOF website along with a listing of titles and dates, and links to videos from prior years. The Black History Matters series was founded in conjunction with the Upstate Institute at Colgate University.
Schedule
Feb. 1 Introduction to Black History Matters 2026
Feb. 2 The Birth of Abolition: An Overview of the Abolition Movement in the U.S.
Feb. 6 Curse of Ham: Abolition and the Role of Religion
Feb. 9 Abolitionists and the End of Slavery in New York State
Feb. 13 Roads to Freedom: The People Who Made the Underground Railroad
Feb. 16 Abolition Beyond America: Global Movements in the 18th and 19th Century
Feb. 20 Women and the Battle to End Slavery
Feb. 23 The Afterlives of Slavery: Prisons, Policing, and Punitive Systems Beyond Abolition
Feb. 27 "Come to Peterboro: Lodestar for Freedom!"
Feb. 28 Conclusion