In this episode of Freedom's Promise, Duchess and Zach continue their exploration of slavery in the United States. This time they talk about U.S. Presidents who owned slaves focusing specifically on the story of Oney Judge who was owned by our first president George Washington and his wife Martha and who used her ingenuity to escape.

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Freedom's Promise, podcast and radio series credits

• Duchess Harris: Writer and host
• Zach Thomas: Co-host
• Barry Madore, Fire on the Bluff Productions: Producer, recording engineer, editor
• Opening and closing music: "Black cat Funky" by reusenoise — http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/reusenoise/56513 — (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license
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