[1] She lived in Philadelphia until the age of ten when she was taken to Dunk's Ferry in Bucks County, Pennsylvania,[1] about 17 miles up the Delaware River, where she remained for the rest of her life.

She remembered the ground on which Philadelphia stands when it was a wilderness, when native Americans hunted wild game in the woods while panthers, wolves, and other beasts of the forest prowled about the wigwams and cabins in which they lived.

In recent years, efforts have been made to tell Alice's story and to acknowledge the legacy of slavery, including by Christ Church, Philadelphia, where she was a lifelong worshipper.

[9] Dr Audrey Henry, a local historical society member, said in 2015 that:Alice's story forces us to acknowledge the presence of slavery, not only in our state, but in our very own city, and in the churches in the North...

[9]She has also been lauded for her largely ignored entrepreneurial activities, such as establishing fisheries, gathering shad to be packed in salt in barrels and sold in Philadelphia, and to ships leaving on voyages.