The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser, May 24, 1796 [Oney Judge runaway notice]
Permanent ID:
9594
Date:
May 24 1796
Image Description:
This digital record contains five images that depict the complete May 24, 1794 edition of The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser, which contains a runaway notice for Oney Judge [c. 1773- who "absconded from the household of the President of the United States." Judge escaped from George Washington's temporary residence in Philadelphia and lived out her days as a fugitive slave in New Hampshire. More is known about her than any other of the Mount Vernon slaves, because she was twice interviewed by abolitionist newspapers in the mid-1840s.
Address:
Philadelphia
Format:
Printed Matter