MCHA Presents
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING
A Virtual Lecture Series
- Co-Sponsored by the Monmouth County Library -
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Register below today for FREE Zoom lectures given by Monmouth County's most interesting and well-respected historians! You'll even have the chance to engage in a Q&A at the end!
Browse our upcoming line-up to join us on the specified date at 7 PM:
Feb. 20th
Sue Kozel presents
The Murder of Wench Betty
Enslaved woman Wench Betty was murdered in 1784 and the subsequent court proceedings for her murder were held that year.
The presentation will reveal powerful Revolutionary War ideas of freedom and liberty at a time when slavery still existed in New Jersey. The program will be narrated by Sue Kozel using court documents, coroner’s reports, and slaveowners’ records. Kozel teaches at Kean University and has been designated as a Public Scholar by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. She has co-edited a book on Quakers and abolition, and published numerous works on Black freedom, abolitionism, and American and New Jersey history.
