Join us for a special event to conclude our Lit by the Rive r event series. \;
\nErica Armstrong Dunbar is a historian\, pro
fessor of history at Rutgers University\, and main historical consultant a
nd coexecutive producer for HBO&rsquo\;s The Gilded Age\, whose work shine
s a light on racial injustice\, slavery\, and gender inequality. \;Sh
e is the author of Never Caught: The Washingtons&rsquo\; Relentless Pursui
t of Their Runaway Slave\, Ona Judge\, which was a finalist for the 2017 N
ational Book Award for Nonfiction and received the 2018 Frederick Douglass
Book Award. A startling and eye-opening look into America&rsquo\;s First
Family\, Never Caught tells the story of Ona Judge\, George and Martha Was
hington&rsquo\;s runaway slave who risked it all to escape the nation&rsqu
o\;s capital and reach freedom. Dunbar gives readers a glimpse into the li
fe of a little-known\, but powerful figure in American history and the ens
uing manhunt led by George Washington\, who used his political and persona
l contacts to recapture his property. \;
Dunbar&rsquo\;s most rec
ent book\, She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman\, is a l
ively\, informative\, and illustrated tribute to one of the most exception
al women in American history whose fearlessness and activism still resonat
e today. Not only did Tubman help to liberate hundreds of slaves\, she was
the first woman to lead an armed expedition during the Civil War\, worked
as a spy for the Union Army\, was a fierce suffragist\, and was an advoca
te for the aged. She Came to Slay is an accessible and modern interpretati
on of Tubman&rsquo\;s life that reveals little known facts about one of ou
r nation&rsquo\;s true heroes. Dunbar&rsquo\;s first book\, A Fragile Free
dom: African American Women and Emancipation in the Antebellum City\, was
published by Yale University Press in 2008. \;
An accomplished sc
holar\, Dunbar was named the National Director of the Association of Black
Women Historians (ABWH) in 2019\, an organization dedicated to continuing
the advancement for the study of black women&rsquo\;s history. In 2011\,
she also became the Inaugural Director of the Program in African American
History at the Library Company of Philadelphia\, a position she held until
2018. An in-demand speaker on the lecture circuit\, Dunbar gives audience
s an intimate look at the often-overlooked stories that make our country&r
squo\;s history so richly diverse. \;
TEENS- Earn 2 volunteer hours for writing a 250-word essay on &ldquo\;Never Caught\, the Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Ru n Away&ldquo\;. Send essay to teens@nyacklibrary.org.
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