“The Kidnapping of Bathsheba Bungy”

New Castle Court House 211 Delaware Street, New Castle, DE, United States

Dr. Valarie Petty Boyer as storyteller In celebration of National Women’s History Month, historical interpreter Valarie Petty Boyer, Ph.D. will utilize monologue and song to tell the true story of Bathsheba Bungy, an African American girl from New Castle, Del. who was kidnapped by two white men in 1830 and taken to Maryland to be sold into slavery....

The Letter of the Law

New Castle Court House 211 Delaware Street, New Castle, DE, United States

Lead Historic Site Interpreter at the New Castle Court House Museum, Juliette Wurm will explore the bias and racism written in the laws of Delaware from the American Revolution to Reconstruction to explore the inequities written into these laws and how they were enforced