Presetation on Oney Judge - Escaped from Slavery and NEVER Caught!

Alexandra Ford, a Re-enactor from the American Historical Theatre will present a program portraying the life and times of Oney Judge -- an enslaved woman who escaped from President George Washington's House in Philadelphia -- at the Gloucester County Historical Society Museum in Woodbury at 5 PM on Saturday, February 28. The program is co-sponsored by Woodbury Juneteenth, the Historical Society, and and RevolutionNJ. The program is FREE but registration is required. You can do that by adding this event to your cart at the bottom of this page and then going to your cart in the upper right corner and checking out. This will put you on the entrants list.

Washington House Historical Site, Philadelphia Judge was one of nine enslaved people held in forced labor positions at President George Washington's house in Philadelphia during his presidency. The other were Moll, Hercules, Richmond, Austin, Giles, Paris, Christopher Sheels and Joe Richardson.

Judge became famous for completely disappearing and alluding Washington's 1790s attempts to have her captured and returned to him. She hid away and lived as a free woman in a rural seacoast area of southeastern New Hampshire where she died in 1848.

Erasing Slavery History In January, citing Donald Trump's Executive Order 14253, the National Park Service ripped down an extensive exhibit at the Washington House historical site in Philadelphia that detailed Judge's and the other enslaved peoples' lives and work in the presidential mansion.

Ford is a professional actor-historian based in the Philadelphia area who portrays notable Black women in American history. She is a member of the American Historical Theatre, an organization that provides living history performances for schools, museums, and community groups. She portrays Oney Judge and Rosa Parks in living history presentations and has degrees in Literature, Arts, and Philosophy from Camden County Community College and in Theatre Studies from Montclair State University. ~ ~ ~

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