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Ona "Oney" Judge, Black Woman who Escaped From George Washington

Ona "Oney Judge, Enslaved Black woman who escaped from George Washington
Ona "Oney Judge, Enslaved Black woman who escaped from George Washington

May 23, 1796: A newspaper ad was placed seeking the return of Ona “Oney” Judge, an enslaved Black woman who had “absconded from the household of the President of the United States, George Washington”.

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