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Ona "Oney" Judge Staines (c. 1773 – February 25, 1848) was a slave 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.
22 de dic. de 2021 · Oney Judge was born at Mount Vernon and became the personal servant of Martha Washington in 1789. She escaped from the President's House in Philadelphia in 1796 and lived as a free woman in New Hampshire until her death in 1848.
11 de mar. de 2018 · Learn about Ona "Oney" Judge, a former slave in George Washington's household who escaped to New Hampshire in 1796. Find out how she resisted his attempts to recapture her and what happened to her after his death.
In April 1789, Oney was one of seven enslaved Africans brought to New York City by the Washingtons to work in the presidential residence. With the change in the capital in November 1790, she was brought to Philadelphia, and probably shared a room with Nelly in the President's House.
Learn about the life of Ona Judge, a Black woman who escaped from the presidential mansion in 1796 and refused to return to enslavement. Explore how she faced the Washingtons' efforts to reclaim her and how she built a new life in freedom.
Staines’s account of her dramatic quest for freedom represents a rare moment when the voice of a person (formerly) enslaved at Mount Vernon appears in the historical record. Ona Judge, often referenced by the Washingtons as Oney, was born at Mount Vernon around 1774.
21 de oct. de 2019 · Ona Judge was born into slavery at Mount Vernon in 1774 and became Martha Washington's housemaid. She escaped to freedom in 1796 after Martha planned to give her to her granddaughter as a wedding present.
