![]() Judge was born in 1773 to Andrew Judge, a white indentured servant, and Betty, an enslaved woman at the Washingtons’ plantation Mount Vernon.Īt age ten, she began working in the manor house as a seamstress, and soon was tasked with being responsible for Martha Washington’s private life. In her speech, Dunbar gave a preview of the book and talked about Ona’s remarkable feat to share the life of a brave woman who has often been disregarded in history. Her speech centered on her journey learning about and studying Black history, and the story of Ona Judge, who Dunbar spent almost a decade researching.ĭunbar’s 2018 book “Never Caught” tells the story of how Ona Judge, a 22-year-old enslaved woman, fled from the household of George and Martha Washington - then President and First Lady of the United States - and spent the rest of her life as a fugitive. The Clarke Forum for Contemporary Events hosted Erica Armstrong Dunbar to give the presentation “Ona Judge and the Founding of a Nation.” Dunbar is the Charles and Mary Beard Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers University, the national director of the Association of Black Women Historians, and the director of the program in African American history at the Library Company of Philadelphia. ![]() ![]() Kimberley Tyson ’26, Associate Life & Style Editor ![]()
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