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Experience a powerful living history come alive as Oni brings to life Ona Judge. Hear the intriguing journey of an enslaved African American woman who, like General Washington and soldiers of the Revolutionary War, longed to be free.
Ona's escape was 90 years before the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman and the end of the Civil War.
The daughter of an enslaved African woman, Betty Davis and a European indentured servant Andrew Judge,
her birth name was Ona Maria Judge.
"Oney" was a childhood nickname.
Born in 1773 in the slave quarters on the Washington's Mt. Vernon plantation.
At the age of 10 she was sent up to the big house to work as a personal servant to Martha Washington.
Ona was 16 when the Washington's moved to New York City and later to Philadelphia. It was this move to the north where President George Washington became the first president of the United States Of America.
On May 21, 1796 at the age of 22 years old, Ona escaped from the Washington's Presidential Mansion on Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
With the assistance of the free Black community Ona escaped on a ship called the Nancy, which carried her to a new life, liberty and pursuit of happiness in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
The Washington's attempted to carry her back into slavery twice. This is her story as she told to several newspapers in 1840.
Our mission is to make a difference one tour at a time.
What makes us unique?
As educator's we recognize the value of educational tours. Our tours are top notch educational experiences that students will remember for a lifetime.
Never Caught, The Washington's Relentless Pursuit of their Runaway Slave ONA JUDGE by Erica Armstrong Dunbar
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An Imperfect God, Washington, His Slaves and the Creation of America by
Henry Wiencek
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