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Transport of Enslaved Workers
- When
- November 1790
- Where
- President's House
Washington brought eight enslaved Africans from Mount Vernon to Philadelphia in November 1790 to staff the presidential household.
The group included Moll, Oney Judge, Christopher Sheels, Austin, Giles, Paris, Hercules Posey, and Richmond. Hercules Posey, formerly the chief cook at Mount Vernon, was brought to run the kitchen. Oney Judge, Martha Washington's personal slave, was about seventeen years old when she arrived in Philadelphia.
Sources
- President's House (Philadelphia) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-18
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