Monday, May 28, 2007

Martha Washington's Runaway Slave, Ona Judge Staines

George Washington's slave escaped Virginia to freedom in New Hampshire

NH BLACK HISTORY

"First lady Martha Washington enslaved more Africans than any woman of her time. When Ona (Oney) Judge, Martha’s body slave, escaped from Mount Vernon in 1796, she came to Seacoast, New Hampshire. Her amazing story is told her[e] by researcher Evelyn Gerson for SeacoastNH.com"

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