Hey y'all, it's Eric.

Here at the Nod, we have brought you the stories of some truly badass black women from Black

History.

Women like Bessie Smith, Rosetta Tharp, Florence Kennedy, and Stormy Delaviere, just to

name a few.

These women beat seemingly insurmountable odds to stay true to themselves and make history.

And there's one name I'm really excited to add to this list.

Ona Judge.

You may not have heard of her before, but after you hear her story, you won't forget

her name.

That's because Ona Judge stood up to one of the most powerful men in American history

and lived to tell the tale.

Her story comes us from our friends at Uncivil, and I'll just let host Chandra Ayakumanyika

take it from here.

This story starts back in the spring of 1796 on a warm evening in Philadelphia.

Ona Judge, a young enslaved woman in her 20s, has recently received some terrifying

news.

She found out that she was going to be given away as a wedding gift to her owner's granddaughter,

that she would be returned to the south, a place that she had no interest in living,

and she made a decision, she made a decision that she would escape.

That's Erica Dumbar.

She wrote the biography of Ona Judge, this enslaved woman, and what became of her in the moments

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