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Bookmark or Share- Ona Judge · George Washington's Mount VernonWhen George Washington was elected president, fifteen-year-old Ona Judge traveled with seven other enslaved people to the executive residence, first in New York and then in Philadelphia. She was among the enslaved people whom Washington secretly rotated out of the latter city in order to evade the 1780 Pennsylvania emancipation law.
- Oney Judge - WikipediaOna "Oney" Judge Staines (c. 1773 – February 25, 1848) was an enslaved biracial woman who was owned by the Washington family, first at the family's plantation at Mount Vernon and later, after George Washington became president, at the President's House in Philadelphia, then the nation's capital city.
- Ona "Oney" Judge (1773-1848) - BlackpastOna “Oney” Judge (1773-1848) As a former slave in George Washington’s household, Ona “Oney” Judge is best remembered for her escape to New Hampshire. Born at Mount Vernon, the Washingtons’ Virginia plantation, around 1773 (exact date not known) to an indentured servant named Andrew Judge and a slave name Betty, Ona “Oney” Judge ...
- When One of George Washington’s Enslaved Workers Escaped to ... - HISTORYIn 1796, a 22-year-old enslaved woman named Ona Judge fled President George Washington’s household for a life of freedom in New Hampshire. By: Sarah Pruitt Updated: February 18, 2020 | Original...
- Life Story: Ona Judge - Women & the American StoryResource. Life Story: Ona Judge (1774–1848) Self-Emancipated from the Presidential Mansion. The story of a Black woman who emancipated herself from George and Martha Washington. Print Page. Absconded from the household of the President of the United States, Oney Judge.
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