Oney Judge: Escape from Slavery and the President's House
FREEDOM’S PROMISE ONEY JUDGE ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY AND THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE BY DUCHESS HARRIS JD PHD WITH LINDSAY WYSKOWSKI Cover image Ona Oney Judge escaped slavery in the late 1700s Core Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdobooks com
A LETTER FROM DUCHESS The first president of the United States George Washington and his wife Martha owned Ona Oney Judge The Washingtons lived in Philadelphia Pennsylvania Many students forget that Philadelphia was the nation’s first capital One of the goals of this book is to explain the role that free black people played in Philadelphia Enslaved black people such as Judge escaped slavery and were sometimes assisted by other black people Judge did not want to be enslaved by Martha Washington or her granddaughter Eliza Judge was a brave woman Not only did she free herself she escaped the president of the United States I did not learn about Judge myself until 2015 So my hope is that this book introduces you to a lesser-known American hero who deserves to be remembered and read about Join me on a journey that tells the story of the promise of freedom
A display in Philadelphia Pennsylvania tells Oney Judge’s story
