Andrew, an indentured servant, served as a trusted tailor, ultimately making clothing for the entire Washington family. However, by the 1780’s he had left Mt. Ona Judge – Early LifeĪround 1773, Ona Judge was born to Betty and an English-born white man, Andrew Judge. Vernon. Many slave mothers were less fortunate as the birth of their children added value property for their owners who could sell the child or the mother separately. Martha favored her slave Betty, a seamstress and expert spinner. Vernon as a slave, when Martha accepted the hand of George Washington to marry him as her second husband in 1759. Betty was lucky to be able to keep her son Austin with her with the move to Mt. Erica Armstrong Dunbar utilizes the details of history to create an engaging story of the life of a runaway slave owned by Martha Washington. Betty, Ona Judge’s mother, came to Mt.
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