Fugitive slave, enslaved by George and Martha Washington
Ona "Oney" Judge Staines
Advertisement in the May 24, 1795 edition of the Pennsylvania Gazette, published in Philadelphia, offering a reward for Judge's return
Born
c. 1773
Mount Vernon, Colony of Virginia, British America
Died
February 25, 1848(1848-02-25) (aged 75)
Greenland, New Hampshire, U.S.
Spouse
Jack Staines
Children
Eliza Staines Nancy Staines Will Staines
Parent(s)
Andrew Judge Betty
Relatives
Austin (half-brother) Tom Davis (half-brother) Betty Davis (half-sister) Delphy (half-sister)
Ona "Oney" Judge Staines (c. 1773 – February 25, 1848) was an enslaved biracial woman who was 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.[1] In her early twenties, she absconded, becoming a fugitive slave, after learning that Martha Washington had intended to transfer ownership of her to her granddaughter, known to have a horrible temper. She fled to New Hampshire, where she married, had children, and converted to Christianity. Though she was never formally freed, the Washington family ultimately stopped pressing her to return to Virginia after George Washington's death.
^Dunbar, Erica Armstrong (February 16, 2015). "George Washington, Slave Catcher". New York Times. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
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the Oromo language. OneyJudge (1773–1848), enslaved by the family of Martha Washington, and then by the First Lady herself, Judge worked at Mount Vernon...
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