The National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum in Peterboro, New York

and the Upstate Institute invite you to

Inductions of Lewis Tappan and Theodore Dwight Weld

October 22-25, 2009

Colgate University

Registration

Locations and Colgate Campus Map

Schedule of Events

Thursday, October 22, 2009

The Frugal Housewife Refreshments & Reception

5:30 pm in Meyerhoff Auditorium, Ho Science Center

Over the River…Lydia Maria Child, Abolitionist for Freedom

6:00 pm in Meyerhoff Auditorium, Ho Science Center

$5 for public; free with Colgate ID

Upstate New York debut of film about the life, times and legacy of the famous writer and abolitionist

Panel Discussion following the film

“How Lydia Maria Child is part of our Work: Our Relationship with Child”

Friday, October 23, 2009

 Becoming Agents of Change: Then and Now

1:30 pm in the Center for Women’s Studies, East Hall

Free

A discussion with Constance L. Jackson, filmmaker of “Over the River…Lydia Maria Child”

Amistad

5:00 pm at Hamilton Theater, 7 Lebanon Street, Hamilton, NY 13346

$5 admission

Steven Spielberg’s film based on the true account of a shipboard slave mutiny in 1839 and the legal battle involving Lewis Tappan and John Quincy Adams that followed. The Amistad was a significant event of the nineteenth century, and its history and legacy is still honored after 170 years.

Panel Discussion following Amistad

Colgate Bookstore, 3 Utica Street, Hamilton, NY 13346

Panel members are NAHOF cabinet members Tom Bennett and Hugh Humphreys, and Vincent Pulafico, John Quincy Adams reenactor.

Free

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Exhibitions

9:00 am to 5:00 pm in the Clark Room in James C. Colgate Hall

Including a replica of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation from New York State Library

Cabinet of Freedom Meeting

9:00 am in the Hall of Presidents, James C. Colgate Hall

Annual Meeting, National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum

10:00 am in the Hall of Presidents, James C. Colgate Hall

Lunch catered by Colgate Inn

11:30 am in the Hall of Presidents, James C. Colgate Hall

Saturday Afternoon Symposia

Welcome and introduction by Ellen Kraly, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Geography and director of the Upstate Institute

12:30 pm in Golden Auditorium, Little Hall

The Establishment of the American Anti-Slavery Society, Its Most Influential Agent, Theodore Weld and the Significant Impact of his "Seventy"

1:00 pm in Golden Auditorium, Little Hall

Discussion of the early efforts of abolitionists in the United States, the later emergence of the so-called "Crusading Era" of the anti-slavery movement in the 1820s and 1830s, the establishment of the American Anti-Slavery Society (AAAS), its failures and successes, its decline, and the reasons why it split apart in 1840. Presentation will focus on the significant contributions of Theodore Weld on the work of AAAS, the selection of the "Seventy," and the important impact of his American Anti-Slavery Society Agents.

Presented by Owen W. Muelder, Director of the Galesburg Colony Underground Railroad at Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois

Theodore Dwight Weld: Romantic Love and the Anti-Slavery Movement

2:30 pm in Golden Auditorium, Little Hall

This presentation will focus on Weld's career as abolitionist from his participation in the anti-slavery rebellion at Lyman Beecher's Lane Seminary to his publication of American Slavery As It Is. For many abolitionists their personal lives were deeply connected to their public commitment to ending slavery. Weld was no exception. His courtship with Angelina Grimke involved professions of love as well as debates over anti-slavery principles and practices. Presented by Carol Faulkner, Associate Professor of History at Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University

Lewis Tappan: Radical and Evangelical-How Religion Inspired the War Against Slavery

3:30 pm in Golden Auditorium, Little Hall

This presentation will honor New York businessman Lewis Tappan by highlighting his central role in the development of the movement for the immediate abolition of slavery, and showing, more broadly, how Tappan's fervent evangelical Christianity infused the early antislavery movement. Presented by Fergus M. Bordewich, author of Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and The War for the Soul of America.

The Great Emancipator as Lawyer

4:30 pm in Golden Auditorium, Little Hall

A presentation of the legal, political and military constraints that explain the Emancipation Proclamation and why, in the end, Lincoln was The Great Emancipator. Presented by Paul Finkelman, President Wiliam McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law and Public Policy and Senior Fellow in the Governmental Law Center at Albany Law School.

Annual NAHOF Dinner Catered by the Colgate Inn

5:30 pm in the Hall of Presidents, James C. Colgate Hall

$40

Dessert cake celebrates Abraham Lincoln's 200th Birthday, the fifth anniversary of NAHOF, the fifth anniversary of the Upstate Institute, and the fifth anniversary of the partnership between NAHOF and the Upstate Institute.

Frederick Douglass on Race: A Soul's Evolution

Following dinner in the Hall of Presidents, James C. Colgate Hall

A presentation compiled from Douglass's most important speeches and writings on the issue of race. This journey takes the audience through relevant periods in Douglass' life and the development of his thought, illustrates the stages of his personal transformation in the understanding of race, and culminates in his illumination about the way to experience our common humanity beyond categories of division. Presented by Frederick Morsell, professional actor and scholar

Evening Induction Ceremony

8:00 pm in Golden Auditorium, Little Hall

The ceremony presents the introduction of Lewis Tappan and Theodore Dwight Weld, and an introduction of Abraham Lincoln, followed by a dramatic Abolition Presentation by Hugh Humphreys, public apologies to students expelled from Colgate for anti-slavery activities, music and more.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

NAHOF Open House

9:00 am to 11:30 am at National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum, 5255 Pleasant Valley Road, Peterboro, New York

Tours of Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark

$5

Presented by Norman K. Dann, PhD., author of Practical Dreamer: Gerrit Smith and the Crusade for Social Reform

Brunch

11:00 am to 1:00 pm in Donovan's Pub, James C. Colgate Hall

$20

Sword of the Spirit: Magpie Concert

1:00 pm in Golden Auditorium, Little Hall

$5

Greg Artzner and Terry Leonino present a folk song cycle about John Brown, his family, and his colleagues and the raid at Harpers' Ferry on October 16, 1859-- 170 years ago.

Public Abolitionist Lyceum II: Freedom Now! Garrisonian Immediatism and Abolitionist Ends and Means

3:00 pm in Case Library

$20, which includes illustrated guidebook. Reservations are limited and due October 15 to NAHOF.
An illustrated lecture by Milton C. Sernett Ph.D. professor emeritus African American Studies and History, Syracuse University

Registration

To register for any or all of the above events, contact:

NATIONAL ABOLITION HALL of FAME & MUSEUM
5255 Pleasant Valley Road
Peterboro NY 13134-0055

315-684-3262

http://www.abolitionhof.org

Please note that some events are free and others have a fee.

Locations

The James C. Colgate Hall is #37 on the campus map. ALANA Cultural Center is #9, the Ho Science Center is #7, and Little Hall is #34.