Ona Judge left the Philadelphia household of George and Martha Washington to seek freedom. Her escape challenged the power of even the republic’s most prominent family to own people. Self-emancipation exposed the gap between political independence and freedom for enslaved Black women.
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Ona Judge’s escape demonstrates agency by an enslaved woman within a powerful household.
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Judge acted to secure freedom despite the power of the Washington household. Her story challenges accounts centered only on elite reputations.