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[ARCHIVAL] Inaugural Moving Monument Ritual for Ona Maria Judge Staines Unpaid Labor Day Monday, September 7, 2020 12pm - 1:30pm Lower Manhattan (Social distancing expected and implored) WALL STREET: 12pm -- Federal Hall 12:20pm -- NYSE BROADWAY PROMENADES: 12:40 -- NYSE to St. Paul's Chapel 1:00 -- St. Paul's Chapel to African Burial Ground MOVEMENT // SOUND // STILLNESS // SILENCE Ona Judge was enslaved by George & Martha Washington. Ona quietly walked out one evening as they ate dinner. She died a fugitive in poverty for refusing a life of unpaid labor as human property of the very first First Family of the United States. By her account, Ona had NO REGRETS for claiming her liberty. “...I am free, and have, I trust been made a child of God by the means.” ~Ona Maria Judge Staines Forgotten Founding Mother of Liberty 1773-1848 #unpaidlaborday#abscondedproject #unalterednationday #africanburialground #americanhistory #blackhistory #blacklivesmatter #blackwomen #decolonization #federalhall #georgewashington #graceexhibitionspace #lowermanhattan #marthawashington #nevercaught #NYSE #onajudge #OnaNotOney #publicart #reparations #takeitdown #slavery #streetperformance #streettheater #streettheatre #takethemdown #ushistory #wallstreet (at Lower Manhattan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKQB9WDgZwn/?igshid=whs5sva6i2tu