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People who were enslaved by George Washington

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The list People who were enslaved by George Washington includes Oney Judge, Henry Washington, William Lee (valet), Sarah Johnson (Mount Vernon) and West Ford (slave). The list consists of 10 members.

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Mount Vernon
Plantation estate of George Washington, in Fairfax County, Virginia, US
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    Oney Judge
    American slave
    Oney Judge
    Overview: Oney "Ona" Judge (c.1773—February 25, 1848) – known as Oney Judge Staines after marriage, was an enslaved African-American servant on George Washington's plantation, Mount Vernon, in Virginia. Beginning ...
    Date of birth: 1 January 1773
    Date of death: 25 February 1848
    Age: 75 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Gender: Female
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    People from Mount Vernon, Virginia 20T
    Custis family of Virginia 22T
    1773 births 650T
  • 2.

    Henry Washington
    Slave of George Washington (1740–1800)
    Overview: Harry Washington (c.) was known as a slave of Virginia planter George Washington, later the first President of the United States. He served as a Black Loyalist in the American Revolutionary War when the ...
    Date of death: 1800
    Nationality: Sierra Leonean
    Occupation: Military
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    Loyalists in the American Revolution from Virginia 7T
    Great Dismal Swamp 9T
    Loyalist military personnel of the American Revolutionary War 48T
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    William Lee (valet)
    American slave
    William Lee (valet)
    Overview: William "Billy" Lee (1750 A.D. – 1828 A.D.), also known as Will Lee, was George Washington's personal servant and the only one of Washington's slaves freed outright by Washington in his will. Because ...
    Date of birth: 1750
    Date of death: 1828
    Age: 77 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Other
    Gender: Male
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    Burials at Mount Vernon 10T
    African Americans in the American Revolution 49T
    1750 births 606T
  • 4.
    Overview: Betty (c. 1738 – 1795) was a biracial enslaved woman owned by Martha Washington. She was owned by the Custis Estate and worked at Daniel Parke Custis' plantation, the White House, on the Pamunkey River ...
    Date of birth: 1738
    Date of death: 1795
    Age: 56 (age at death)
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    Sarah Johnson (Mount Vernon)
    Caretaker of Mount Vernon
    Overview: Sarah Johnson (September 29, 1844–January 25, 1920) was an African American woman who was born into slavery at Mount Vernon, George Washington's estate in Fairfax, Virginia. She worked as a domestic ...
    Date of birth: 29 September 1844
    Date of death: 25 January 1920
    Age: 75 (age at death)
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    West Ford (slave)
    (1784–1863)Manager of Mount Vernon, founder of Gum Springs
    Overview: West Ford (c. 1784 – 1863) was an enslaved mulatto man. West Ford, caretaker of the historic Mount Vernon home of President George Washington, was born on the Bushfield Plantation in Westmoreland County ...
    Date of birth: 1784
    Date of death: 1863
    Age: 78 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Other
    Gender: Male
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    History of the United States (1849–1865) 59T
    Burials at Mount Vernon 10T
    Presidency of George Washington 16T
  • 7.

    Christopher Sheels
    American slave
    Overview: Christopher Sheels (born ca. 1774), was a "dower" slave at George Washington's Virginia plantation, Mount Vernon, who was owned by the estate of Martha Washington's first husband, Daniel Parke Custis ...
    Nationality: American
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    18th-century American slaves 112T
    People from Mount Vernon, Virginia 20T
    1770s births 185T
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    Hercules (chef)
    Enslaved African cook held at Mount Vernon
    Overview: Hercules Posey (1748 – May 15, 1812) was an enslaved African owned by George Washington, at his plantation Mount Vernon in Virginia. "Uncle Harkless," as he was called by George Washington Parke Custis ...
    Date of birth: 1755
    Date of death: 15 May 1812
    Age: 56 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Chef
    Gender: Male
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    Chefs from Virginia 3T
    Chefs from Pennsylvania 4T
    18th-century American slaves 112T
  • 9.
    Caroline Branham
    Overview: Caroline Branham (1764–1843) was an enslaved housemaid and seamstress of George and Martha Washington. She was married to Washington's hired groomsman Peter Hardiman, whose slaveholder was David Stuart ...
    Date of birth: 1764
    Date of death: 1843
    Age: 78 (age at death)
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    18th-century American slaves 125T
    19th-century American slaves 348T
    People from Mount Vernon, Virginia 21T
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    William Costin
    African American activist and scholar (c. 1780–1842)
    William Costin
    Overview: William "Billy" Costin (c. 1780 - May 31, 1842) was a free African-American activist and scholar who successfully challenged District of Columbia slave codes in the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia ...
    Date of death: 31 May 1842
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    Civil rights movements 41T
    Custis family of Virginia 22T
    1842 deaths 731T
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