Ona Judge, George Washington's fugitive slave

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Ona Judge, like many slaves in eighteenth century America, sought freedom by running away from those who claimed her as property to live life as a fugitive slave, always on the run. The people who were seeking her were George and Martha Washington, the first President of the United States and his wife.
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@paulbenoit6076 5 жыл бұрын

Even back then Congress was exempted from following the same law that others followed. This will obviously never stop

@blessedveteran Жыл бұрын

It will when we stop voting for people who want to keep it that way 👍

@SlyPearTree 5 жыл бұрын

What a remarkable woman, thanks for sharing her history with us.

@elainebmack 5 жыл бұрын

Ona Judge's story would make a FANTASTIC film.

@rone7104 5 жыл бұрын

No, Hollywood doesn't make great movies anymore. Like The Revanant or Heart of the Sea among many others, they would take a great true story and turn it into a steaming pile of SH*T!

@andrewinbody4301 5 жыл бұрын

I will wager that 75% of The History Guy's videos have nearly the same comment. Good stuff I'am glad I found it.

@jamesmerrill9446 5 жыл бұрын

Sad to say, they just don't seem to care to make fantastic films that demonstrate courageous people who struggle against seemingly insurmountable obstacles... I believe it would make a great movie!

@thebigcurve 5 жыл бұрын

@@aliceshaw8265 If "think like liberals" means celebrating freedom and human dignity and opposing oppression, I will gladly claim that I "think like a liberal." Maybe Hollywood keeps turning good stories into left wing propaganda because conservative elements in society continue to attempt to keep us down. If inspirational stories about people who escape slavery and lead fulfilling lives lean left its because the slaveholders lean right.

@microdesigns2000 5 жыл бұрын

@@thebigcurve yet unsurprisingly, Hollywood hasn't chosen to use this story for a movie. The facts of the story are that she left luxury for freedom and allowed her children to enter indentured status and she found God. This story would be hard to use for the purpose of showing the hardships and wickedness of slavery, and equally difficult to avoid God, who isn't so popular on the big screen anymore. The left does tend to push and pull their agenda with their own brand of morality, which back in the day definitely included slavery, requiring a massive war to stop it. But the right wing also seems to deal with the devil. I prefer moderate politicians that would neither make public protests, nor send incredulous tweets that anger half the country. I guess I'm saying both the left and right have arguments with merit and none have the upper hand when it comes to what is best for the people.

@aaronjohn6586 5 жыл бұрын

Great story about personal courage and dignity. Imagine what it took to flee the home of the revered Washington and hold true to the idea of freedom.

@billhunt2605 5 жыл бұрын

Such a sad and tragic story. But, very deserving of being remembered. Thank you History Guy!

@trapperkcmo3460 5 жыл бұрын

are you kidding? that womans life was triumphant. what story were you listening to?

@Brenda-cf8qe 5 жыл бұрын

trapper kcmo, I think Bill meant its sad and tragic when you think of the millions of people subjected to slavery. Ona is only one of few that became triumphant in that she had people helping her to free herself and go somewhere she could make a life for herself. Not many women like her would have had that courage

@ShavaChihera 5 жыл бұрын

I was going to like but didn't wanna break your perfect 100 likes. Sorry I'm ADHD

@edenevolution451 5 жыл бұрын

This story is ABSOLUTELY TRIUMPHANT. the sad part was human traffickers repeatedly asking a person born free in mind, body and spirit to submit to their bondage., as if it was a no brainer.. 😂

@edenevolution451 5 жыл бұрын

Brenda 1975 #Malarchy

@CBWMSJR 5 жыл бұрын

This is my first time hearing of this woman. Thank you

@bentnickel7487 5 жыл бұрын

mike rusch School for alot of people is meant to cover the basics. Beyond a highschool education, nowadays, is used to get a better job. I have a college education certificate in history, but I study and read everyday to just keep up and not be considered a simpleton. I am not implying that you are a simpleton, Mike. 😎

@thebonesaw..4634 5 жыл бұрын

@@bentnickel7487 -- I don't believe him, Mike... I think you should demand satisfaction and challenge this *"Nickle"* fellow to a duel (this is obviously a poorly used pseudonym for "Thomas Jefferson", who never liked Washington very much...) Time for a well deserved smack down. Pistols at dawn, in New Jersey (because, as everyone knows, *everything is legal in New Jersey* ...)

@bentnickel7487 5 жыл бұрын

The Bonesaw I'm coming for YOU, BONESAW, at dawn. Shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die. Johnny Cash 1957 😉

@stephenknutson5731 5 жыл бұрын

This is precisely the type of story that should be made into a movie

@capnbobretired 5 жыл бұрын

metoo

@rickbates9232 5 жыл бұрын

The fact that Washington had to ask why she fled shows the mindset of the slave owners. "but I treated them well, why would they want to be free". Coupled with the preamble of the constitution regarding all men are free, one can see the cognative dissonance that made the American slave owner of this era so uncomfortable with themselves.

@georgeb8701 5 жыл бұрын

Rick Bates >>> well said ✌🏻🇺🇸

@nunyadamn-buiiness4963 4 жыл бұрын

Indeed, by modern standards, we recognize the slave as a human person. Let us not forget that the historical position has not always been so. Even well into the 20th century, there have been very influential groups of people (in power) who have sought to show that this group out that are not fully human. The whole Darwinian theory of evolution provides us with an easy cognitive out when our conscience is pricked. We even have remnants of those influential groups of people, operating under the same principles as their original founders, openly polluting their craft in the United States in the year 2020. Planned Parenthood was started by a eugenics supporter named Margaret Sanger for the purpose of eliminating those “undesirable” people from society. It is no coincidence that the largest abortion provider in the United States eliminates more people of color and has established itself prominently in minority communities.

@brachiator1 4 жыл бұрын

@@nunyadamn-buiiness4963 Sorry, you can't blame Darwin for any of this. And of course, slave owners used the Bible to justify slavery. I have no idea what Planned Parenthood has to do with the story of a woman trying to escape slavery. But as an aside, contraception and birth control are about choice, even if Sanger believed in eugenics. And neither contraception nor abortion diminishes a woman's fertility. On the other hand, forcing enslaved women to have children and produce new slaves for their masters was a great evil.

@waynemalford3020 4 жыл бұрын

Escaped or freed slaves faced a nearly impossible life during this time period. Usually most of their family was at the same plantation they were. Even if you made it all the way north, you still weren't likely to find employment or a safe place to live.

@Nathand0992 4 жыл бұрын

Cause they are lazy ass people

@johnslaughter7110 5 жыл бұрын

Some of you're stories as of late have dealt with subjects few people want to remember or talk about. Not all history was fun and games or shows us in a great light. Your willingness to take on the tough subjects only deepens my respect and admiration of you. Thank you.

@sonjitube11 5 жыл бұрын

Read the book: Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge Book by Erica Armstrong Dunbar. Great story, this was never taught in school, but should have been.

@alimerhi5531 5 жыл бұрын

sonjitube11 Maybe I’ll check that out.

@trajan75 4 жыл бұрын

You should also read Flexner's book "Washington, the Indispensable Man". To learn of Washington's opposition to slavery and the steps he took to protect and eventually free his own slaves. It will give some perspective on this sad incident.

@everettewade923 4 жыл бұрын

No, it shouldn't. It would only reveal how 2 faces America is. On second thought maybe the kids need that information sooner than later...lol

@trajan75 4 жыл бұрын

@@everettewade923 Washington was a great and good man; nevertheless a product of his time as we are of ours. America is not two faced but like every nation struggles to follow "the better angels of our nature"

@trajan75 4 жыл бұрын

@@everettewade923 Washington was a great and good man; nevertheless he, was a product of his time as we are of ours. America is not two faced, but like all nations we struggle to follow "the better angels of our nature".

@FNFIHOCTW 5 жыл бұрын

This is why indentured servitude was not the same as slavery. As many people like to claim. Thank you for this American history.

@georgeboehringer5530 5 жыл бұрын

George Washington paid good money for that girl and treated her well she gets her responsibilities and her children died as a result

@FNFIHOCTW 5 жыл бұрын

@@georgeboehringer5530 You are a slave🤣

@here_we_go_again2571 5 жыл бұрын

@@georgeboehringer5530 Ona belonged to George Washington's wife, Martha.

@georgeboehringer5530 5 жыл бұрын

@@here_we_go_again2571 were there a prenuptial Arrangements at that time?

@here_we_go_again2571 5 жыл бұрын

@@georgeboehringer5530 Yes, dowries and marriage contracts were the norm within the landed class of the Old South. Marriage contracts still are the norm in many societies.

@marydahm6851 5 жыл бұрын

I had not known about her, so thank you for bringing her story alive with such detail. She is worth remembering.

@jamesmcgrath1952 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Even if your bondage is of velvet and leisure, it's still bondage.

@here_we_go_again2571 5 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@CrixusHeart 4 жыл бұрын

@Yeah It's Me - You are so right. And make no mistake, Ona may have written "velvet" when company was over but her life had no "leisure".

@dirtypure2023 3 жыл бұрын

@topherh33 Marriage is consensual and respects and enshrines the sanctity of life. Comparing it to slavery is disrespectful and callous to the brutality of slavery.

@dirtypure2023 3 жыл бұрын

@topherh33 Certainly the government should have no place in the institution of marriage, but it is consensual nonetheless. Both parties voluntarily sign the marriage license like my wife and I did. We were not coerced by government to do so, we did so willingly and happily.

@DHW256 3 жыл бұрын

And there are untold stories of those, living in bondage due to the "law", who did return.

@cadeere74 5 жыл бұрын

This story should be made into a movie

@cadeere74 4 жыл бұрын

LovelovelyJesus me. The grit and flaws of real people that strive and create amazing moments in spite of their flaws are much better dramas than fairytale mush. Although with your user name I am guessing you prefer fairytale mush?

@r.michaelmarkham9994 5 жыл бұрын

All of your stories are good. This may be the best, and a story definitely worthy of being remembered.

@korbell1089 5 жыл бұрын

How would you like to come back to Virginia and become a slave again? Ona: "Let me think....NOPE!!!" Thanks HG for another good epidsode.

@corazoncubano5372 5 жыл бұрын

Hello. She should have thrown some thing at him.

@leighfoulkes7297 4 жыл бұрын

How dumb is that question?!

@Soozeeqz222 4 жыл бұрын

Lol! You guys are funny! You're right, though. Who on earth would choose to return to slavery. How clueless was GW and every white person who acted as though enslavement was a favor they'd bestowed upon these people?

@Soozeeqz222 4 жыл бұрын

@John Buick The whole "We're doing you a favor" or "You're much better off here than where you came from", arguments are/were made to ease their conscience. Black America has ALWAYS faced stunning truths, and painful realizations of our country. All while still harboring high hopes and striving for better realities. The struggle is real and it continues.

@dawnpratt846 4 жыл бұрын

@Demetrius Montgomery 😂😂

@blessedveteran Жыл бұрын

With everything that is going on in America to try to erase this time in our history, I applaud you for doing this video. “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” - George Santayana

@c6142 5 жыл бұрын

Not "forgotten history", Omitted history... Big Difference. This guy does America A great service! ... Regardless of the Subject.

@greggi47 5 жыл бұрын

I agree. Washington's teeth and the lie about the cherry tree are so much more comfortable to hear and think about.

@kennethjames4724 5 жыл бұрын

The problem with modern day education is they don't care to balance good and evil. It is either all good or all evil. When it's all good the evil is omitted; when it's all evil, the good is omitted. Much like our media.

@francesrude3007 5 жыл бұрын

gregory browman. lol. The reason G. Washington didn't lie to his father, is because in those days, he would have gotten a "wuppin"

@bobcranberries5853 5 жыл бұрын

Kenneth James could you imagine teaching things like this in school where everything is a hot topic. The media on both sides has everyone so stirred up we cant educate the kids to the whole story. Only the easy parts. Lol guess I’m saying the same thing you said.

@francesrude3007 5 жыл бұрын

me hee maybe when he chopped down the cherry tree.

@nickv1008 4 жыл бұрын

Congress passed a law that exempted themselves from the law, how quaint.

@malinstella6965 4 жыл бұрын

Nick V - Yes, that Congress did pass something, more than our current toothless Congress.

@nickv1008 4 жыл бұрын

@@malinstella6965 yes, Congress would probably like to enslave all of us "free people", starting with endebting us, and taking away our constitutional rights, primarily defending ourselves both legally, and physically, and our free speech. Those new shackles got a cellphone and GPS, have you seen the new lavender ones?

@TorianTammas 4 жыл бұрын

@@nickv1008 Did anyone force you to buy and use a cell phone? Free yourself and go offline.

@richardanderson4920 4 жыл бұрын

ALL of the laws concerning freeing slaves and exemptions for the members of the U.S. Congress described here, were laws of the State of Pennsylvania, not laws enacted by The United States Congress.

@nobodyspecial7185 4 жыл бұрын

Not much has changed. With our corrupt government we are all slaves.

@stevelloyd9859 5 жыл бұрын

You go Ona! Very interesting story! Thank you , once again for your diligence and and great work! Good day sir!

@user-oh2kt8lf6g 5 жыл бұрын

"We found her, sir." "You mean Judge?" "Yes, your Ona."

@nigeh5326 5 жыл бұрын

Never heard about this lady before she sounds like a strong intelligent woman in a time when it was very hard to be one.

@georgeboehringer5530 5 жыл бұрын

If she was smart she wouldn't have run off could have been her that made the new American flag

@akristen4971 4 жыл бұрын

Great book recently written by Erica Dunbar called Never Caught is all about Ona Judge

@reet7060 Жыл бұрын

@@georgeboehringer5530 George shut your dumb, barely graduating high school slow ass up

@pegrathwol 5 жыл бұрын

If you want another awesome story of a heroic free black man who refused to be taken into slavery, do a story on William Tillman. He was a black ship's steward who was captured when his vessel was taken by Confederate privateers at the outbreak of the Civil War, but rather than be taken into slavery, he staged a mutiny against the privateers, took back the ship, and sailed it back into New York harbor. The book "The Rest I Will Kill" by Brian McGinty recounts his tale. It's history worth remembering!

@barriewright2857 5 жыл бұрын

That piece of history needs to be made in to a film.

@jblob5764 5 жыл бұрын

All good stories do involve pirates i swear 😅

@evelynpugh2787 5 жыл бұрын

Song: "Before I'd be a slave, I'll be buried in my grave!"

@corazoncubano5372 5 жыл бұрын

I'm going to check this out. As a decendant of Cuban slaves, I'm proud to read these stories of profiles in courage.

@kaleahcollins4567 5 жыл бұрын

As well as Elizabeth Jennings she fought the Newyork city transportation system 100 yrs before Ms. Rosa parks. With the help of the young Garfield Arthur whom was a lawyer then she fought the treatment of Free blacks from the trolley companies SHE WON A WHOPPING $500( about 2000 today i think) FROM THE CITY which was un heard of . and they changed the law so that free blacks of high morals ( middle classes) can seat anywhere on the trolley .

@phalynwilliams4119 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this story. Thank you Ona for your courage.

@DeMonSpencer 4 жыл бұрын

"Excuse me mam but would you kindly return to Virginia and resume your duties as a slave?" Did they really think that would work? Their sense of entitlement seemed to overshadow their common sense and intelligence.

@georgeboehringer5530 4 жыл бұрын

She would have been better off and could have Advance her career she was a skilled woman

@DeMonSpencer 4 жыл бұрын

@@georgeboehringer5530 So career advancement was a big selling point for run away slaves? Great resume builder right. smh

@wilfordfraser6347 4 жыл бұрын

That is the exact same thing I thought. A real WTF moment.

@reeb9016 4 жыл бұрын

Funny how people today look back on history as if it were just like the present. As if things weren't culturally different. And then with this lack of understanding, make ridiculous comments.

@DeMonSpencer 4 жыл бұрын

@@reeb9016 What's ridiculous about my comment? Please be specific.

@gregoryrapier3021 5 жыл бұрын

I love history too and this video taught me something I didn't know. History is so important to know how we built this country and how freedom and liberty came about . Thanks for another great video.

@FNFIHOCTW 5 жыл бұрын

Please don't think she had a comfortable life because they dressed their slaves well. Her body, the fruit of her labor, her time, and even her children did not belong to her.

@JJerseyGirl 5 жыл бұрын

Master only dressed the slaves well was not to be talked about by their neighbors, George Washington was a poor man who married a rich woman.

@AsukaLangleyS02 5 жыл бұрын

@@JJerseyGirl George Washington is the man!

@georgeboehringer5530 5 жыл бұрын

@@AsukaLangleyS02 I hate mixed race bastard Mongrel mutant children

@pyrodoll2422 5 жыл бұрын

My Prayer for Justice I doubt anyone did think that.

@daveed467 5 жыл бұрын

Any different than being a serf in tsaritsyn, or a machine operator in manchester?

@willeypoboy6052 4 жыл бұрын

I grew up on the Maryland side of the Patomac river across from Mnt Vernon. Visited that plantation many times. I am of Scotch Irish desent, my mother made sure that I knew of Ona Judge as a very young boy. Slavery changed the way I looked at that hill across the river. Thanks for sharing this sir!

@NJintheImagination 5 жыл бұрын

Outstanding! A complex story told without bias but with sympathy and respect. When I first clicked on I was fearing another rant about the hypocrisy of our founders but you told the story without pre or post judgement, letting the facts speak for themselves. Thank you.

@msfredijr 5 жыл бұрын

I love the description of her hair; “big and bushy very black hair”. 🌹

@elainebmack 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you once again History Guy. You present the facts in a straightforward manner, nothing more. It's great. Of course, I have subscribed, and look forward to much more.

@nanamzk 5 жыл бұрын

This is by far one The most inspired and triumphing episode I've watched. As always very informative, and full of historic details. Thank you History Guy

@raypelling6440 4 жыл бұрын

Outstanding, as always. A great account of a brave woman who deserves to be remembered. William Penn and the Quakers were truly ahead of their time, considering other states.

@IntrepidFraidyCat 5 жыл бұрын

I've read several books about her. She was so brave! Not only to escape but from such a powerful family. I love 18th century history! Great video as usual. Thanks!

@whalesong999 5 жыл бұрын

I was surprisingly moved by her story. What a brave soul and honorable woman.

@redram5150 5 жыл бұрын

Actual bravery. Not the way the word is used today to describe a woman not wearing makeup. Ona Judge risked her life for the thing many claim to want but have no understanding what it is

@rebeccalouisemccannon9494 5 жыл бұрын

I really like this video. Well done.

@danrowley6934 5 жыл бұрын

Gee, several books on one person? I'm throughly impressed. U wouldn't get thru one let alone several. Splendid that you're a lover of history. More people are interested in "their" history. From the time they can comprehend, "anything" to when they are unable to do so. Bravo! 👍👍👍

@danrowley6934 5 жыл бұрын

Let that hate fester within you. Soon you'll be a neurotic alcoholic & them maybe you'll blow your brains out! Tah.......

@theMemo-1 5 жыл бұрын

I look forward to sharing this one with my Granddaughters this weekend! Thank you history guy!

@akristen4971 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for mentioning the book about Ona judge, never caught! She lived and was buried very close to where I work off Route 33 in Greenland New Hampshire near Portsmouth

@TheIamIrving 5 жыл бұрын

"Ona" or "Una" is an old gaelic/irish name (not that common nowadays). The surname "Judge" is very common in Ireland so I wouldn't be surprised if her father was Irish and not english.

@TheHistoryGuyChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, Andrew Judge was Irish.

@charlescameron6017 5 жыл бұрын

Oona O'Neill and Una Merkel.

@TheIamIrving 5 жыл бұрын

@@charlescameron6017 - I knew who Oona O'Neill was but I had to google Una Merkel. I recognized her photo.

@georgeboehringer5530 5 жыл бұрын

It's a low-grade of salt that mixes with the pepper

@monkiram 5 жыл бұрын

@@georgeboehringer5530 I'm not sure what that's supposed to mean, but I hope I am misunderstanding you

@kellymalcolm1398 5 жыл бұрын

Slavery is a sin of all humanity. And it still is today.

@evensgrey 5 жыл бұрын

@@georgeboehringer5530 Actually, he was famous for treating his slaves rather BADLY, even by the standards of the time. It was his neighbor Thomas Jefferson who was known for treating his slaves relatively well. While both men are known to have disliked slavery as an institution, Jefferson seems to have been the more vocal on that subject as well, and is known to have considered slavery to be morally corrosive for all involved.

@here_we_go_again2571 5 жыл бұрын

Islam condones slavery because its prophet, the WHITE (according to Hadith) Mohammad had Black slaves. He called them "Raisin Heads", and claimed that his Black slave looked like Satan.

@damonmet584 4 жыл бұрын

@@georgeboehringer5530 the father of your country had slaves?

@nancycox473 4 жыл бұрын

David Evens Jefferson couldn’t have disliked it that badly as he freely participated in this horrendous crime against humanity.

@AJ-sr3hl 4 жыл бұрын

ApplePie 2019 Is this something you fabricated? If not, I would like to read it for myself. Where in Genesis? Throughout history white people prefer not to seek the truth they prefer to accept lies rather than the truth. I am not into accepting lies from a group of people who continually spread lies and hatred everywhere they go. I, myself search truth. I seek for wisdom, I seek for knowledge and I seek for understanding.

@RobertBeerbohm 5 жыл бұрын

May I include my own "Thank You" as I had never heard of Ona Judge before. There is so much to be taught in the schools of the USA so future generations understand

@billyrodriguez1878 Жыл бұрын

History that deserves to be remembered!!! Outstanding as usual History Guy!!!!

@ckindig7741 5 жыл бұрын

I'd never heard about this amazing woman. Thank you for sharing her story.

@deannilvalli6579 4 жыл бұрын

It's great to hear a nuanced, detailed account, attemtping to be as fair and factual as possible, rather than the usual simplistic stories we are taught at school. The latter often omit what does not suit their worldview or politics, and gloss over their own evils while highlighting those of everyone else.

@hypefine 4 жыл бұрын

The depth of these videos is so refreshing. Although I knew this story the way it was relayed was very enjoyable. Another job well done. Thank you.

@LarS1963 5 жыл бұрын

For someone from outside the U.S., that was a very interesting piece of history. Thank you.

@aarondesrochers3890 5 жыл бұрын

Your telling of Ona's story touched me. Thank you.

@n539rv 5 жыл бұрын

And we think life is complicated today......

@bryanst.martin7134 5 жыл бұрын

Life gets more complicated every day. Ignorance makes one think otherwise.

@infinitedreaming222 4 жыл бұрын

Life is just as complicated. In Florida 11 people were released from false charges after a deputy named Zachary Wester was found to have planted meth on them during traffic stops. 119 cases were dropped after he was found out and arrested. This man ruined lives, people lost custody of their kids, and were put into bondage UNJUSTLY. Your freedom can easily be snatched by someone's devilish mindset. Nothing has changed

@renatagross5959 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your exciting description of the evolution of slavery in America. I was shocked to find that Ona was ASKED if she Wanted to return to slavery & that her declination was accepted .

@TheHistoryGuyChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Not wholly, it seems that Washington did seek to return her by force, but did not have the opportunity.

@renatacantoregross6283 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@jonesjack6088 5 жыл бұрын

I always bring up her case when people go on and on about the "perfect" Washington. Washington was a rich man in the 18th century trying to protect his property. Its not a pleasant fact but historical facts are often not.

@AsukaLangleyS02 5 жыл бұрын

Washington accomplished more in his life than you could ever do with a 1000 lives

@jonesjack6088 5 жыл бұрын

Most defiantly but you have to look at the entire person and not just the parts that are pleasant to remember

@mbellizia75 4 жыл бұрын

So what's the fascinatiom with trying to knock people down? Was someone under the impression he was a supernatural figure beyond fault? Do you understand historical context ? It's easy to sit in your underwear, eating Cheetos, judging heroes from 200 years ago against modern values and morals. Anyhow, regale us with great tales of your deeds and accomplishments..

@cdreid99999 4 жыл бұрын

Also not a hige fan of democracy or the working classes, who had hamilton as his political standin. Hamilton wanted an american aristocracy and did everything he could to dilute democracy.

@jandrews6254 4 жыл бұрын

So, you going to burn your bible? Slavery was fine back then, perfectly acceptable same as stoning your daughter if her husband finds her to not be a virgin on the wedding night.

@kathykaura7219 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful ending.....I love her spirit.

@johne7100 5 жыл бұрын

A very sad story, especially in she and her daughters living in poverty and her daughters dying before her. A poor reflection on the ruling classes of the time.

@georgeboehringer5530 5 жыл бұрын

The Washington family was the finest family in America they invested a lot in her and she betrayed them by running off

@ella17734 3 жыл бұрын

The " ruling class" of today isn't any better.

@richardmourdock2719 5 жыл бұрын

Truly a great episode H.G. I'm really surprised this story isn't better known. It would make a great mini-series..... Thanks for your great work in educating so many of our past.. both its finer moments and in tales like this one.

@reneeknight1028 5 жыл бұрын

Are you really surprised? I'm not

@TorianTammas 4 жыл бұрын

Richard - This is a man who was made into a hero. Some people pretend that such people are to be admired. Well so they ignore what these people did what was not awesome but horrible.

@dougreid2351 3 жыл бұрын

Outstanding. A. Lincoln, an avid reader, may have noted this story on his own way into history that deserves to be remembered . . .

@gregparrott 5 жыл бұрын

Yet another stellar story - from 'The History Guy'!

@deborahmccoy3837 5 жыл бұрын

What a courageous and magnificent person; that if I could meet someone in forgotten history I would luv to meet her.

@krokodyl1927 4 жыл бұрын

It is so sad that Ona’s husband & all her children predeceased her. 😢 And good to know that she remained free despite being of fugitive status by stupid laws.

@KplusU 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, History Guy and Gal.

@catjudo1 5 жыл бұрын

My god... Mr. History Guy, thank you for telling this tale. You use the term 'History that deserves to be remembered' as a tagline, but this made it hit home for me more than any other video.

@powderriver2424 5 жыл бұрын

History is so interesting if people knew more of it then maybe we would have more understanding of our condition vs. than what’s being currently played out every day.

@aliaguerin1266 5 жыл бұрын

I know about youre history . I really do know.

@nickv1008 4 жыл бұрын

@DefinitelyNotDan history is written for those who suffered through it, so suffering is made acceptable and expected. History doesn't dwell on those who caused the suffering. The first ship to sell slaves to the British colonists in new England, The sugar and tobacco industry that profited, the new England ship owners who traded the rum for African slaves, and profited from the slaves they sold to the southern elite, the plantation owners, black and white, who profited from slave labor. And the banks and financial institutions who made that all possible. And still do.

@oldpipe6146 4 жыл бұрын

Or why we kneel

@artist6135 5 жыл бұрын

That was GREAT!!! Thank you for bringing this story to us!! ❤️

@shoshonnaissachar5927 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent! How very interesting. Such a different time from our own with different struggles. Good for Ona Judge.

@hightea2546 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for bringing to light 💡 so many things that I’ve never heard most enlightening,,, keep up the good good work

@halfcantan1208 5 жыл бұрын

I enjoy all your shows but this is one the be best thank you

@dmyers724 5 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate your show thank you so much

@edenevolution451 5 жыл бұрын

Congratulations ONA JUDGE!!! A HUGE INSPIRATION YOU ARE.

@shawnerz98 5 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thank you for making it and telling her story! :)

@persebra 4 жыл бұрын

People interested in this story needs to read or listen to "Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo" a Pulitzer prize-winning biographical book of Gen. Alexandre (Alex) Dumas, of THAT Dumas family. He wasn't a runaway slave, and it takes place on another continent. but its sooooo f-ing good! he is sho-nuff worth being remembered. Actually, everybody needs to read or listen to this book.

@erikrungemadsen2081 3 жыл бұрын

Both him and his son where amazing people. I also love the amazing story of Abram Petrovich Gannibal, Peter the Greats black godson.

@sarjim4381 5 жыл бұрын

By about 1800 it became nearly impossible to reclaim slaves the had fled to New England. There was a groundswell of opinion against slavery in states like New Hampshire, and an even greater resistance to having any now free slaves being removed by force. Even when slave recovery agents arrived with warrants to seize the slave, no one in local law enforcement would cooperate. In some case, the recovery agent himself would be arrested and thrown in jail, allowing the slave he was seeking to flee. One of the reasons the Underground Railroad worked was the collusion of local authorities with the "conductors ' of the railroad to move slaves north to free states and Canada. Ohio became a hotbed of opposition to slavery and support of the railroad. It was also the main route across Lake Erie to Canada for former slaves wanting to leave the country. Southerners were initially baffled by this. Slaves were their property, and why would another state refuse to help return their property? It was looked at then much as a stolen car today, where other state cooperate to recover the property. I obviously don't believe that slaves really were property, but the stolen car analogy is used to show how slave owners viewed the situation. The trickle of 1805 turned into a flood by 1850 with over 100,000 slaves successfully fleeing north to freedom. Southerners believed that this was going to drain the South of all its labor when even the federal government refused to help. Seeing the ruin of the plantation economy not far around the corner, the Underground Railroad was one of the proximate causes of the Southern states decision to secede and go to war if it came to that.

@scottgoodman8993 5 жыл бұрын

Sar Jim: Parts of central Ohio like Xenia and most of northern Ohio towards Cleveland (which was settled by former New Englanders) were a hotbed of opposition to slavery. Southern Ohio and western Ohio, especially Dayton, Cincinnati, Chillicothe, Portsmouth, and Marietta were hotbeds of confederate sympathizers and copperheads. Recall Valandinham. Those areas were largely settled from Virginians, Kentuckians and Carolinians. Colored folk were not welcome there.

@unclesmrgol 5 жыл бұрын

Consider that the Taney Court converted all States into Slave States in its decision regarding Dred Scott. There were no longer any Free States or any states rights with regard to slavery under our Constitution, all States were required to treat black persons as property. Further, blacks had no possibility of Citizenship by that same decision. The South had won completely, and had won Constitutionally. Even Abraham Lincoln, in his inaugural address, indicated the impossibility of him doing anything to change this. But then the South gave Lincoln the opening he needed under the Constitution -- it rose in insurrection against the United States because of the "last gasp" of those in the once-Free States who detested slavery. The rest is history, with the various Articles of Secession from the traitor States and the Constitution of the Confederate States of America giving the lie to the Lost Cause. Furthermore, the Fugitive Slave Act was the first instance of a civil forfeiture statute -- more than a few Conductors on the Underground Railroad lost their property in Federal Court. It was a dangerous occupation, and required great bravery and personal sacrifice.

@lynnwood7205 5 жыл бұрын

N The counties of Northern states were required by the fugitive slave act to pay the expense of the return of the slave to the owners location. Remember that then the primacy of government was local. The cost to the county was directly an assessment against the land and property owners of that county. And then there was the matter of the slave hunters, who would receive payment for transit and transport back to the slave owner while also receiving a recovery bounty from the owner. These payments were enforceable in Federal court. You can see the potential for northern resentment.

@BillB23 5 жыл бұрын

The Fugitive Slave Act was also nullified in part by juries. If an instance came to court the jurors like as not exercised their right to judge the law as well as the defendant. These days many judges will instruct a jury (contrary to at least 2 Supreme Court rulings) that one must judge by the letter of the law, regardless of the justice of that law.

@michaelbrennan6123 5 жыл бұрын

Sar Jim as I’m sure you know the reason many went to Canada was that by the Constitution, states were obligated to return slaves if caught. Canada being part of the British Empire, was not required to return fugitive slaves.

@alanoken3097 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for such an enjoyable and well documented....and narrated...film.

@MrXierre 5 жыл бұрын

I love your channel so much . I’ve never actually enjoyed history much until my early twenties . You make even the most minute details enthralling

@davidspiller7977 5 жыл бұрын

Please do the Tulsa Riots of 1921. No one knows about them because the city of Tulsa covered them up, but I think it's definately worth telling.

@BigboiiTone Жыл бұрын

Never heard of it

@markthomas6703 Жыл бұрын

It's not covered up. In fact it's an overhyped anti-White screed

@andreabelinda1355 Жыл бұрын

Yes, that was the worse riot I've ever read about. I was quite affected by it for a few days. All because the white people were jealous of the blacks getting ahead of them. 🥀

@BillB23 5 жыл бұрын

That ranks up with the tale(s) of Sally Hemmings. Thanks for this snippet from the days of the founders.

@stoneyll 5 жыл бұрын

Another fascinating episode of The History Guy.. Well worth subscribing.

@fuzzball57 5 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU! THIS STORY WAS AWESOME, A TOTAL DELIGHT..... YOUR CHANNEL COMES UP WITH SOME OF THE GREATEST STORIES THAT I HAVE EVER HEARD.

@lindaglover7194 4 жыл бұрын

My mother's name was Ona. She too was a seamstress. But she was English and Irish. She would have done the same if she were in the other Ona's situation. Maybe the names we are given have something to do with the way we act. Thank you for this information. Not much is known about people with the name Ona.

@us3rsearch 5 жыл бұрын

Never knew this, thank you for your work.

@rcs1578 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this most enlightening story about Ona Judge. It also provides an interesting observation into the mindset of George Washington. While considered the "father" of this great country, he also had his shortcomings... Keep up the good work!

@marymoriarity2555 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you History Guy for your fascinating presentations on history. You should be in regular television. Your presentations are impeccably researched.

@williamhill7312 5 жыл бұрын

Great story about a person I had never heard of! Wow, this stuff is amazing

@JohnDoe-tx8lq 5 жыл бұрын

It's ironic/tragic that she had all that knowledge & experiance of working for a household to highest standards, yet didn't have the opportunity of using those very skills in a normal, paid job as a Maid.

@georgeboehringer5530 5 жыл бұрын

I would be pissed off too if I had a valuable Smith just had to run off after treating her like a family member

@georgeboehringer5530 5 жыл бұрын

@11STARFIRE they lived in the same house they have the same last name help raise the kids dispatch at family members than slaves are apparently members

@georgeboehringer5530 5 жыл бұрын

@11STARFIRE saying that all slave owners were bad people it's like saying all pet owners are bad people

@georgeboehringer5530 5 жыл бұрын

@11STARFIRE owning slaves was not dirty business like dealing in slaves. Some Masters were responsible and took good care of their property

@FeedScrn 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing story - with great old historical maps, pictures / paintings, and newspaper clippings.... It paints a pretty complete picture.... Thanks.

@mikemedia5421 5 жыл бұрын

I was born in Portsmouth, and still live here, thank you for your work!

@ClaytonCountyHistoryHound 5 жыл бұрын

What an amazing story. Thank you for sharing and take care.

@pmporter46221 5 жыл бұрын

What an AMAZING Woman !!! God bless you Ona

@lyndadoerner5341 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, very good account of more history that most definitely needs to be remembered!

@patrickwolfe8786 5 жыл бұрын

Thank You ! Bitter Sweet but I never would have known about this. Love Your Channel 😎

@goofyiest 5 жыл бұрын

WOW. The founding fathers were a complex bunch. "Free slaves" after it won't inconvenience my house. Well, they fought for a set of ideals that were eventually recognized...ideals that even they did not totally embrace.

@rbnhd1976 4 жыл бұрын

God blessed a broken road.. God bless Ona Judge, May we continue forward to freedom as free may be, for all men and women.

@eduardoribeiro383 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely lovely video.

@kevinlittell4009 5 жыл бұрын

"I died free"....words to live by and to be remembered!

@marlenajohnson372 4 жыл бұрын

Thk you for sharing this wonderful bit of History about a slave girl who sought freedom over comfort!

@jamesparker4471 5 жыл бұрын

I actually heard of her before thought she was from the under ground rail road . Thanks for the whole story.

@BillB23 5 жыл бұрын

The underground railroad was a product of 19th century abolitionists. It's interesting to note that the Fugitive Slave Act signed by Washington was often nullified by juries that refused to convict even though the defendant was legally guilty. It is little known that jurors have the right and the duty to judge both the defendant and the law with witch the defendant was charged. Judges will tell juries (illegally and unconstitutionally) that they must judge strictly according to the law. There are Supreme Court decisions that say otherwise.

@sandracaldwellcooper9289 5 жыл бұрын

@@BillB23 Didn't know that. Are you a student of the Law?? Fascinating! You know then that the Law like the Bible was written and enforced by Man and usually by the ones who are and were currently in power. The so called "jury of your peers" has actually never been true. Thank you for your article. It was illuminating and quite apparently true. I just wanted to add to it.

@budershank 5 жыл бұрын

I literally just read a book on this this weekend.

@budershank 5 жыл бұрын

@@aliceshaw8265 literally just read a book*, you need to brush up on your trolling skills, friend.

@toledoboogz9817 5 жыл бұрын

This was an intriguing story. Thank you once again. You are a gem!

@jeramatth5959 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your shows

@PharmerJohn1 5 жыл бұрын

Well done, sir. Even her name is badass! ONA JUDGE

@here_we_go_again2571 5 жыл бұрын

Ona/Una is Irish Gaelic for "First" or "One". "Judge" is a common Irish sur-name

@here_we_go_again2571 4 жыл бұрын

@Ebony Panther Could be. :) (I guess we will never know)

@W.U.A.R.U 5 жыл бұрын

Wow. Thank you. I had never heard of her before.

@silascochran9705 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you again history guy you get me through the rough days and I love the learning

@robertahubert9155 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much I really enjoyed this video and subscribed as I want to learn more. I was never interested in history as a young person but I now love history of every kind. Knowing our past helps us to not repeat it.

@75kwbsrdds 5 жыл бұрын

The founding fathers? The founding monsters!

@georgeboehringer5530 5 жыл бұрын

You people should go back to slavery. Your families were more together back then and your people were more productive

@75kwbsrdds 5 жыл бұрын

@@georgeboehringer5530 George your comment confirms your sincere ignorance, your savagery, brutality and your inhumane nature. It would be a different tone if it were your people who were enslaved. I understand. Your people came to this country on rat infested ships. They were immigrants that came to America as a result of their homelands purging the prisons of murders, rapist, child molester, criminals, prostitutes and otherwise bad bad dudes. They came here in filth in the bottom of ships full of disease, no skills or education. Instantly reaping the benefit, privledge and power of being white. This was not earned by anything your forefathers did other then wake you everyday and be white. They instantly gained the luxury, comfort and wealth built by black Americans who descended from African slaves. Your entire existence is based on the monetization of black American labor, suffering, pain, lost, culture misappropriation and destruction and experience. You call yourself a patriot but what you are is the worst of America and the greatest threat to humanity.

@AsukaLangleyS02 5 жыл бұрын

Too bad Washington did more in his one life than you would do in a 100 lives

@georgeboehringer5530 5 жыл бұрын

@@75kwbsrdds 10% of the population built 80% of America I suppose?

@here_we_go_again2571 5 жыл бұрын

Don't view people from past eras through the tint of (your) modern society. Slavery has been a reality for most of Mankind's existence, in all societies. FYI: Islam still, to this day, condones slavery because its prophet, the WHITE (according to Hadith) Mohammad had Black slaves. (People who claimed that Mohammad was Black were executed. Mohammad called Blacks "Raisin Heads", and claimed that his Black slave looked like Satan. (imho: Islam is an supremacist ideology, akin to Nazism; that operates like a cult)