Quiz on Enslaved Individuals at Mount Vernon

Who was an enslaved seamstress at Mount Vernon?

• Charlotte

• Tom

• Hercules Posey

• Oney Judge

Who attempted to escape his enslavement in 1766?

• Tom

• Hercules Posey

• Oney Judge

• Charlotte

Who escaped from Washington's enslavement in 1796?

• Tom

• Hercules Posey

• Charlotte

• Oney Judge

Who was the head chef enslaved by the Washington family?

• Oney Judge

• Tom

• Hercules Posey

• Charlotte

What did George Washington's will state about the enslaved people he held in his own right?

• They would receive their freedom upon his wife's death

• They would be sold to the highest bidder

• They would be sent to work on other plantations

• They would remain enslaved indefinitely

What did George Washington's will state about the dower slaves?

• They would receive their freedom upon his wife's death

• They would be sent to work on other plantations

• They would be sold to the highest bidder

• They would remain enslaved indefinitely

What did Martha Washington do with the dower slaves after George Washington's death?

• She sold them

• She freed them

• She kept them enslaved

• She sent them to work on other plantations

What did Martha Washington's will state about the enslaved people she owned?

• They would receive their freedom upon her death

• They would be sent to work on other plantations

• They would remain enslaved indefinitely

• They would be sold to the highest bidder

What happened to Oney Judge after she escaped?

• She was sold to another slave owner

• She was sent to work on another plantation

• She lived as a free woman for the rest of her life

• She was captured and returned to enslavement

What did George Washington give to his enslaved man William (William Lee)?

• Both immediate freedom and an annuity

• Immediate freedom

• Nothing

• An annuity of thirty dollars