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Blog · July 03, 2025
David Gellman to Speak on 2027 and New York Emancipation Friday, July 18th 7pm Via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85089518718?pwd=SoGtbMXjcHARgCOWa8eYMHK9WQGZZ0.1 This talk examines the impetuses and obstacles that produced a gradual abolition law in 1799 and, a generation later, that declared the end of slavery in New York State on July 4, 1827. This story of northern emancipation and its complicated legacy emphasizes the interplay between ideology and activism, enslaved and enslavers,...
Blog · June 27, 2025
Don't miss this Free Event 2:00pm at the Peterboro United Methodist Church 5240 Pleasant Valley Road, Peterboro NY 13134
Blog · June 19, 2025
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 4 pm Smithfield Community Center 5255 Pleasant Valley Road Peterboro NY 13134 Norman K Dann PhD closes the final program in series of eight two hour sessions on Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 4 pm. The series has concentrated on the people affiliated with the Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark in Peterboro NY. Cousins of Reform: Smith and Stanton describes the special relationship between Gerrit Smith and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Gerrit Smith’s mother...
Blog · June 19, 2025
Thursday 6/19/2025 @ 6:19pm - Peterboro United Methodist Church History of Juneteenth: Milton C. Sernett PhD, North to Freedom Film; Brian Frey WSKG Public Media Vestal NY Friday 6/20/2025 @7pm - Smithfield Community Center Enslavement After Emancipation Film and Discussion 13th Amendment Saturday 6/21/25 @9am - Smithfield Community Center Researching Underground Railroad Sites Matthew Urtz, Madison County Historian Judith Wellman PhD Wellman Scale Author Madison County Freedom Trail Commission...
Blog · June 12, 2025
On Wednesday, June 18, at 4 pm, Norman K. Dann PhD continues the eight two hour sessions on the Gerrit Smith Estate with a program on the Underground Railroad in Peterboro. Dann will explain the Underground Railroad and discuss it as a symptom of a corrupt nation whose founding values were not implemented. He describes the origins of slavery, details the lives of the enslaved, and describes the Underground Railroad as a process of achieving freedom via the use of a network of support persons...
Blog · June 10, 2025
The closing program of Peterboro Juneteenth Weekend 2025 is at 10:45 am on Sunday, June 22nd at the Peterboro United Methodist Church (PUMC), 5240 Pleasant Valley Road, Peterboro NY 13134. Donna Dorrance Burdick, historian of the Hamlet of Peterboro and the Town of Smithfield, will present Churches of Peterboro. Burdick will share her research and images of the churches that were once in Peterboro as well as the PUMC. With regard to the Juneteenth Weekend, Donna will feature the history of the...
Blog · June 07, 2025
The National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum stands by the Zinn Education Project to uplift, preserve, and celebrate ALL of our historic narratives to preserve democracy. Cabinet of Freedom members gathered this week to organize final plans for summer programs. Our cabinet consists of many active and retired educators that have pledged their lives to teaching truth. -We stand for teaching truth in all of our programs all season long, from our Black History Matters (February) video series to...
Blog · June 03, 2025
Wednesday, June 4, 2025 Elizabeth Smith Miller: Quiet Advocate examines Elizabeth’s relationship with her cousin Elizabeth Cady (Stanton) and their work together for equal rights for women. For Miller the issues of dress reform, suffrage, and education for young women were primary, especially in collaboration with her daughter Anne Fitzhugh Miller. Norman K. Dann PhD, researcher and biographer of members of the Gerrit Smith family of Peterboro, will present a series of eight two-hour sessions...
Blog · June 03, 2025
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Ann Carroll Fitzhugh Smith: Support Services Agent scrutinizes Ann’s support of Gerrit’s human rights activism while acting as a “First Lady” in their home that served as a group therapy center for human rights activists. Norman K. Dann PhD, researcher and biographer of members of the Gerrit Smith family of Peterboro, will present a series of eight two-hour sessions 4 – 6pm on Wednesdays May 7th through June 25th, at the Smithfield Community Center 5255...
Blog · May 17, 2025
Celebrating Juneteenth in Peterboro, NY Freedom Folk Festival of music and food on Saturday, June 21, 2025 3:00-8:00pm at the Gerrit Smith Estate, 5304 Oxbow Road, Peterboro, NY. Roster: The Cadleys Rod MacDonald Sean Ceilly $15 Advance, $20 at the door Festival tickets on sale now Click for Festival Details