The Slave Who Escaped George Washington
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- Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington’s runaway slave, risked it all to escape the nation’s capital and reach freedom. Erica Armstrong Dunbar reveals it all in Ona Judge's harrowing history, NEVER CAUGHT. Like us on FB for a daily dose of history : / historyinfive
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It's always sad, when someone thinks they can own another human being.
One of the top 5 worst things . Slavery
The other four?
Washington also had a slave as a cook by the name of Hercules who was regarded as the best chef in North America who also escaped from the presidential house in Philadelphia to Canada. Washington sent emissaries to Canada to ask Hercules to return but he never looked back and remained in Canada. Are these founders of America my heroes, they declared their freedom from the British as free men while owning slaves and not extending those same freedoms that they shed blood for to the people that they saw as property. America is my home and my ancestors built it with their blood sweat and tears but these men who sought freedom while denying freedom to others are not MY heroes. The enlightened few who saw that slavery was wrong I thank with all my heart but their message was wasted on their brethren who all sought financial gain over moral dignity.
@How Do Prove it.
@Spooky Moo explain when selling them was just the beginning the purchase of a person means mistreatment now they could have helped them live a better life after being sold by what you call the "meanest black slave traders" so cut the shit it was far too many to blame over the years for slavery mentioning African slaves from other tribes not belonging to their own isn't a pass for anything that happened once they reached America
Not saying it didn't happen trading was a rich job, don't know if white traders would have allowed this unless the black trader worked for them. Then I could be wrong. Some people like to feel better, more powerful then others, bullying, so why not the black trader esspecially since he never wanted to be on the receiving end of what he did. Slavery was and is evil no matter who has the whip.
the fields will be worked all the day for all time, u have fought for nothing yet bask in our tranquility. what is a field of harvest to trenches, what is a plow to canon ? valley forge or Washington's estate ?
@@aestheticfrequency2578 are you suggesting that blacks have not or did work the battle fields of not only the civil war and even to this day are fighting on the sands of war for freedom? If so you are wrong. We not only worked the cotton etc fields but the battle field, and preformed with honor in both. I am not interested in your tranquility but would love to live a black wall street tranquility that somebodies didn't want or let us have. I am truly ok with separate and don't really care if it's equal,
Just left alone
They need to make a movie about this
Soon they will.
Fuck that shit
That will never happen!
Very well narrated and not like the other storylines portraying Washington as a nice and friendly slave owner !! The truth is what it is and Washington profited from slave labor and the separation of slave family’s !
He should have been a ugly owner, many of his slaves prefered risk everything they have (a life) instead of serve him or his family. Slaveowners considered people their assets.
And he also late in life disavode slaver and his slavers were freed. He was born in a time of slavery, not just black slaves, but other races as well. And it's true that blacks in many parts of the world has slaves, so was not just an American thing. There are countries today that still practice slavery. George W was a great man who saw challenges as well. In the end like many he saw blacks as people who should not be owned. Viewing history from the 21st century is very flawed. It was a difficult and challenging time back then and it's likely we would not be a country today without his many sacrifices.
@@milesmoore8705 nobody wanted to try you with that comment cause it's TRUE
@@milesmoore8705 I mean he didn’t free his slaves until him and Martha were dead soooo he completely benefited from the slave work the whole of his life.
@@milesmoore8705 you mean their sacrifices 😒
He also, in his will and upon his death, freed every slave he owned.
True but most of the slaves were owned by his wife and she had no intention of freeing a single slave .
@@hela6208 Washington married a widow who acquired her slaves when her first husband died without a will. She had a dower portion, a third of the estate with her children splitting the other two thirds. Though she, as the only adult, had the duty to manage the holdings, she had no legal right to sell significant property or emancipate the slaves that she only owned a minority share of. And the same applied to George Washington when he began managing the properties on her behalf after their marriage. Thomas Sowell wrote about this in "Black Rednecks and White Liberals".
The 2nd President, John Adams, refused to be a slaveowner. Washington profited and accepted slaveownership.
Well wasn't like he was going to need them anymore!
Thank you. well stated and presented.
“...but none picture it through the eyes of his slaves.” Doesn’t give detail of the individual slave’s perspective outside of, “she didn’t want to leave Philadelphia, which is why she ran.”
Ona however told Washington's emissary that she would return to Virginia and slavery if Washington promised to free her upon his death.
Good video. Both sides of our founding fathers should be taught. Washington certainly helped create something truly great in the U.S.A. while on the other hand took part in violating the natural rights of others.
Did you know that slavery dates back to biblical times from noahs curse upon his own child? It did not originate in America. Was practiced throughout the world during that era in time and was abolished in america in less than a century after gaining independence. Did you know that the enslaved were captured from villages by their own countrymen (also black) and sold to Caucasians? Did you know that slavery still exists in other countries today.. again..blacks owning both blacks and whites...? Its a fact. It was wrong then and its wrong now. But lets stick to the facts. Its not about skin color. Thank God America did the right thing and has made so much progress. But lets not blame and shame our founders who were doing what everyone else around the world was also doing and many still do. They were not alone in it and they DID change it. And pkease dont forget that the enslaved were not the only ones done wrong either. My cherokee and huron ancestors were too. I'm proud of my ancestors. And proud that so many fought and died for freedom for ALL Americans.
Well Washington did come to hate slavery as he got older, he saw the contradiction in being a free land with enslaved people.
Shit happens, Get over it.
Holy crap! I knew he had slaves but to use his position to chase them down?!?! Corruption really did start at the top didn't it. 😧
Truly awful. And when they ran away unsuccessfully he would sell them to other plantations just to separate them from their families.
Calm tf down, when his wife died he freed everyone
Washington wasn't that bad compared to others
She put one over on Ol' George huh.
Yeppers! He probably didn’t like that!
Just heartbreaking to know that people suffered at the hands of the wealthy. Things really haven’t changed much. We just live under the false pretenses of freedom.
You are so right Rebecca, some things have not changed and we have come far but we have a long way to go too! Take care Rebecca!
Escaping from bondage is a blessing from The Lord. Sorry that Gen. George even condoned such a thing.
Cant wait for the day of the Most High righteous judgement, when all that is hidden shall come to light....as Bible prophecy states!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 You’ll be waiting for forever. When forever arrives you’ll be waiting for all of eternity. There isn’t a “most high” coming for you. ‘All that is hidden shall come to light’? Why? What do you want to know?
Thank you very much for sharing information about Erica Armstrong Dunbar's important book about Ona Judge.
I learned about Ona Judge and about this video from this dailykos article: www.dailykos.com/story/2017/02/19/1632829/-Ona-Judge-Staines-The-black-woman-who-escaped-from-and-outwitted-George-and-Martha-Washington
"Ona Judge Staines: The black woman who escaped from and outwitted George and Martha Washington"
That dailykos article was written by Denise Oliver Velez, 2017/02/19
Oooh
I wonder did have high value skilled?
Thank you for this revealing video - founding father was certainly flawed - very creepy indeed
John Lysic fuck him if I was a slave then I would of in slaved his ass kidnapped him my damn self ..
John Lysic Want bone of them shit
John Lysic You are looking at this with 21st century morals. Can’t judge 18th Century practices that way because they hadn’t yet come to understand it as a horrible practice.
It was not uncommon for slaves to have more cash than their masters because American farming was very much a barter economy. England just wanted the colonies to produce wealth for England. Plantation owners under British rule would not have had enough money to pay workers if they were freed. Washington tried to sell some farms, free his slaves who worked them and have them paid as freemen by the new owners. No one liked the idea.
Had there been no Civil War many slaves would have been voluntarily freed/fired because mechanized farming implements would make them unnecessary. But the immediate loss of all farm workers meant that they needed to be employed or else the farmer could not grow and harvest a crop and would lose his land to the tax man.
Slavery is still considered normal in some parts of the world.
''Freedom'' wasn't for Dark People, even after fought for and promised.. The Hypocrisy continues.
you should have bought many more of the livestock people and rented them out on a daily basis for the ones that could not afford you have one every day that would have been very nice
ONA JUDGE WANTED HER FREEDOM.
wow this video's old
On wow, I'm from Leeds England!
WOW
Ona , " I own her " , a very unfair name
THIS IS AMERICA!!!!
Yes...250 years ago!! You never see slaves running for freedom now a days!
America has changed its way. In no way shape or form is it great right now but we have come a long way. But have your opinion but be nice to each other. God bless you all😁
Well done(!)
At Washington's death ,he did free all his slaves,or unpaid workers as they were called back then.
And he made provisions to provide for the care of the unhealthy ones even several decades after his death. Plus, he paid for the remedial education of all children of his former slaves.
Lamentations 3:28((G.N.T.))🖤
Very well done. My only comment is that we shouldn't judge people of then with our standards of today. People are creations of their times, and 200 years from today I'm sure we will be thought of as evil for some of what we are doing today ....
But John Adams and Ben Franklin were vehemently opposed to slavery. They were off that time, so that nullifies that excuse of “It was the norm of the time.” No, it was Washington’s choice and should be held accountable for it.
None YET !!
Indentured servants were slaves.
Sister Ona Judge! Read the book entitled: NEVER CAUGHT about Sister Ona Judge. Selah, Sister Hasiah Drorah BahtYah
GET OVER IT! It was a totally different time in history, and If we LIVED back then, our Opinions would be 100 PERCENT different than they are TODAY! History ,learn from and don't destroy IT! People today who judge our country and it's people 250 years ago ARE Hypocritical FOOL'S!
i dare them to tell the whole history of washington and "his" slaves
Lets be clear about this Ona was a dower slave, a property of the Custis estate. Martha reportedly treated her as a daughter as far as slave laws allowed. Virginia forbade slaves learning to read and Ona desperately wanted to. She was more of a companion to Mrs Washington than a worker. I don’t blame her for leaving, especially after seeing the freedoms that non enslaved blacks enjoyed. But she definitely was not one of those slaves who worked the plantation.
It might be pointed out that Washington’s personal servant, Billy Lee, cried when the former president died. He must not have been too bad to work for.
jockellis 😒😒😒
Really?
NOT to bad to WORK FOR oh my god Jock Ellis where to begin where to begin slavery is not WORKING for someone it is the COMPLETE & TOTAL THEFT of all HOPE OPPORTUNITY HUMAN DIGNITY SENSE OF SELF of CULTURE of a PAST or a FUTURE it is LIMITLESS INFLICTION of MIND NUMBING DUMB ANGUISH with out END it is the very DEFINITION OF HELL it is NOT WORKING FOR SOMEONE it & as a side note I WORK for people when you WORK for someone they do this thing called PAYING YOU a thing not unheard-of but rarely acted upon in slave states but I digress as a working man of blackness when I draw my money from the bank what depictions do I see upon it American founding fathers OUR NATIONAL ICONS OUR AMERICAN HERO'S.... FUCKING SLAVE HOLDERS people I'm told I should REVERE....but I DON'T!
il -al skratch You judge with 21st century values. They were living with those of the 18th century. Remember even 19th century people like CSA General Nathan Bedford Forrest and 20th century congressman Strom Thurmond renounced their previously held convictions about blacks and tried to work for better relations.
Remember, Washington tried to sell farms and free their workers. His feelings were changed on slavery changed during the war.
How old are you, BTW?
So
Jamal Mcmillio So attitudes were changing. Attitudes and beliefs all change slowly. Probably happened also to the attitudes of the black Africans who were conquering and selling the slaves. You have any respect for them or was that different?
He was a Slavemaster
Anyone here because of online school?
GW was a noted land speculator on the frontier, selling parcels to others at inflated prices, without clear title sometimes...
And don't forget his service in the French & Indian war, when the British invaded Indian lands claimed by the French allies, hundreds of miles away from the coastal British colonies...
Marxist
so hes a bad president
Take out slavery and in recent years you have had worse!
This is bull.
So who cares, along time ago and NO historical importance.
THEN WHY DO SCHOOL TEACH OLD WHITE HISTORY CELEBRATING WHITES AS HEROS IN PRASING THEM AS PERFECT BUT DONT TEACH THE WRONGFUL PAIN THEY CAUSE OTHERS WHICH AMID All OF WHO THEY WERE.
Stfu you care enough to comment and your kind teach white history
Get rid of Thanksgiving then! No real relevance to what they ate four hundred years ago!