137 The Washingtons' Runaway Slave, Ona Judge

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

Earlyrepublic, History, Benfranklin, Society & Culture, Warforindependence, Earlyamericanrepublic, Earlyamericanhistory, Education, Colonialamerica, Americanrevolution, Ushistory, Benjaminfranklin

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🗓️ 6 June 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

George Washington was an accomplished man. He served as a delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses, Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, first President of the United States, and on top of all that he was also a savvy businessman who ran a successful plantation.

George Washington was also a slaveholder. In 1789, he and his wife Martha took 7 slaves to New York City to serve them in their new role as First Family. A 16 year-old girl named Ona Judge was one of the enslaved women who accompanied and served the Washingtons.

Erica Dunbar, a Professor of Black American Studies and History at the University of Delaware and author of Never Caught: The Washington’s Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave Ona Judge, leads us through the early American life of Ona Judge.  

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0:28.3	Welcome to Ben Franklin's World, Podcasts About Early American History with Liz Covert.
0:34.0	The study of history is key to understanding who we are and how we can affect the better future.
0:39.0	Ben Franklin's world will introduce you to historical people and events that have impacted
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0:49.7	Hello and welcome to episode 137 of Ben Franklin's world.
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0:57.1	learn more about how the people and events
0:59.0	of our early American past have shaped
1:01.1	the present-day world we live in.
1:03.0	George Washington was an accomplished man.
1:05.0	He served as a delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses
1:09.0	as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army,
1:11.0	as the President of the Constitutional Convention and as the
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