Cassandra Stancil Gunkel
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Black Women's Bodies
Ona Judge fled President Washington’s Philadelphia home in 1790, for freedom. Washington rotated slaves between Virginia and Pennsylvania every 6 months to preserve their status as property. Female slaves were raped, mutilated, murdered. Their breast milk and babies were sold. Roe vs. Wade ceded African American women control over their bodies.
Raw edge appliqué, machine quilting
Cassandra Stancil Gunkel, PhD, Virginia native, is a fiber artist and folklorist in Philadelphia. She volunteered as an archaeologist to unearth The President’s House in Philadelphia. She included Ona Judge’s story in the college classes she taught about Africana material culture and George Washington’s controversial experience as a slaveholding president.
