Ona Judge: A Woman Who Escaped Slavery and the Washingtons

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June 7, 2024

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Ona Judge Staines was enslaved and forced to work as Martha Washington’s personal servant until she escaped from the President’s Mansion in Philadelphia. Much is known of Judge’s life in comparison to other people enslaved by the Washingtons as a result of newspaper interviews she gave in 1845 and 1847, as well as George Washington’s frustrated attempts to recover her after she self-emancipated.

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Ona Judge: A Woman Who Escaped Slavery and the Washingtons

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