The Matawan Aberdeen and Keyport Historical Societies Present: “New Jersey's Revolutionary Rivalry, the Untold Story of Col. Tye & Capt. Huddy” by Author & Historian Rick Geffken.

The intriguing and little-known story of the Revolutionary War conflicts between a runaway slave called Colonel Tye fighting for the British and his Patriot foe. The extralegal hanging of militia Captain Joshua Huddy in Highlands, New Jersey created an international incident when George Washington resolved to hang a British P.O.W. in retribution. These incidents threatened the success of the Paris Peace Treaty talks which were saved by the intervention of the Queen of France, Marie Antoinette.