Oney Judge

Adventures in Feministory: Oney Judge

History post by Kelsey Wallace on September 14, 2009 - 5:02pm; tagged Adventures in Feministory, Drunk History, George Washington, Martha Washington, Oney Judge, slavery.
You know how most of the time everyone glorifies the forefathers of this nation and kinda glosses over the f*#$d up parts of our great nation's history? Yeah. Well, that's one reason why it's important to remember people like Oney Judge. Born in 1773 into slavery on the plantation of President Powdered Wig Boner himself (George Washington of course), Judge escaped after being offered up as a WEDDING GIFT to the Washingtons' granddaughter (and you thought that gift card to Target was an inappropriate present). Before we move on into greater detail, I'll let comedian Jen Kirkman take this one over:

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