publication date: Saturday, September 19, 2020 (part of Fall 2020)

category: Injustice

clue: She was an unfree freewoman, after escaping from the first first family.

explanation: Oney Judge was a slave who escaped from George and Martha Washington. She lived as a freewoman in New Hampshire for the rest of her life, although the Washingtons never manumitted her. more…

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Denise Sawicki, and Erik Bates


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