Freedom Beyond the Founding Fathers

Concord News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jun 26, 2026 · 1m

As Independence Day approaches, reenactors in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, bring to life the untold stories of enslaved Americans who lived under the shadow of liberty’s ideals. Through powerful performances of Ona Judge, who escaped George Washington, and Prince Whipple, enslaved by a Declaration signer, they reveal the painful gap between freedom’s promise and its reality. Despite being erased from history, these figures’ courage—like Whipple’s 1779 petition for freedom, finally honored 200 years later by Governor Maggie Hassan—reminds us that true equality demands remembering every voice in…