Book Signing with Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar Comes to Philipsburg Manor

Historic Hudson Valley will welcome author Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar to Philipsburg Manor on July 9 to discuss her book Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge. Dunbar's book tells the powerful story of Judge, who at 22-years-old risked everything for her freedom-and became the subject of a massive manhunt led by the President of the United States. Much has been written about the Founding Father's relationship with slavery, but Dunbar's book is unique in its perspective-she tells the story from the point of view of the enslaved.

Dr. Jacqueline Simmons, lecturer at Teachers College, Columbia University, will facilitate the conversation. A book signing by Dr. Dunbar will follow the talk. Guests can find copies of the book for sale in the Museum Shop.
The event with Dr. Dunbar will take place in the Visitor Center at Philipsburg Manor on July 9 at 4pm. Admission is free; no reservations are required.

About Erica Armstrong Dunbar
Erica Armstrong Dunbar is a Blue & Gold Distinguished Professor of Black American Studies and History at the University of Delaware and the inaugural 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 in 2008.

About Jacqueline Simmons
Jaqueline Simmons has a B.A. in American History from Columbia University and an Ed.D from Teachers College, Columbia University. She was commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation to design Project Innovation, a teaching and learning resource for individuals and organizations striving to make social change.

More About Philipsburg Manor
In 1750 Philipsburg Manor was home to 23 enslaved individuals known to have lived and labored there. It is the country's only living history museum that focuses on the history of northern slavery. The property includes a working water-powered gristmill and new world Dutch barn.

Philipsburg Manor is at 381 North Broadway (Route 9) in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., two miles north of the Tappan Zee Bridge. Information: 914-366-6900, http://www.hudsonvalley.org/.

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