Erica Armstrong Dunbar, author of the book Never Caught: The Washington’s Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge, will be speaking on Tuesday, January 23 at 7:00pm at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH.
This is a New Hampshire Humanities Program, officially titled, Rethinking Resistance: Ona Judge, the Washington’s Runaway Slave and the Meaning of Escape. The lecture will take place at the Dana Center For the Humanities on the Saint Anselm campus, and will be followed by a facilitated discussion led by Dr. Dr. Jennifer Thorn and Dr. Beth Salerno. It is open to the public and free to attend.
Never Caught was nominated for a 2017 National Book Award. It chronicles the story of Ona Judge and her quest for freedom. Judge was a 22 year old slave who left her position in the household of George Washington, and was then doggedly pursued by Washington, who hoped to recapture his property.
Representatives of Gibson’s Bookstore of Concord, NH will be on hand that evening to sell copies of Never Caught, and there will be a book signing opportunity.
http://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/event/dunbar-at-saint-anselm
Erica Armstrong Dunbar is the Charles and Mary Beard Professor of History at Rutgers University. She also serves as Director of the Program in African American History at the Library Company of Philadelphia. Her first book, A Fragile Freedom: African American Women and Emancipation in the Antebellum City was published by Yale University Press in 2008. She is also the author of Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave Ona Judge.