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Sign Our Petition for an Ona Judge Day

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A petition has been launched to urge the Mayor and City Council to make May 21st a day to honor Ona Judge, a former slave who escaped from George Washington.

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Sign Our Petition for an Ona Judge Day

Media Coverage · April 21, 2026

Sign Our Petition for an Ona Judge Day We launched a petition to urge the Mayor and City Council to make May 21st a day to honor the brave former slave who escaped from George Washington — because no one tells Philadelphia to keep the truth to ourselves. Listen to the interview edition here: Today, Philadelphia magazine and The Philadelphia Citizen, in collaboration with Avenging the Ancestors Coalition and the Ona

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  • • Ona Judge
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Sign Our Petition for an Ona Judge Day We launched a petition to urge the Mayor and City Council to make May 21st a day to honor the brave former slave who escaped from George Washington — because no one tells Philadelphia to keep the truth to ourselves. Listen to the interview edition here: Today, Philadelphia magazine and The Philadelphia Citizen, in collaboration with Avenging the Ancestors Coalition and the Ona Judge Coalition, are launching a petition to ask the City to officially recognize

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Media Coverage April 21, 2026

Sign Our Petition for an Ona Judge Day

Sign Our Petition for an Ona Judge Day We launched a petition to urge the Mayor and City Council to make May 21st a day to honor the brave former slave who escaped from George Washington — because no one tells Philadelphia to keep the truth to ourselves. Listen to the interview edition here: Today, Philadelphia magazine and The Philadelphia Citizen, in collaboration with Avenging the Ancestors Coalition and the Ona Judge Coalition, are launching a petition to ask the City to officially recognize May 21st as “Ona Judge Day” in Philadelphia — in 2026 and every year hereafter. Because on that date in 1796, the 22-year-old Judge, enslaved by George Washington right here in Philadelphia, escaped his clutches. With help from the city’s Free Black community, she fled to New Hampshire.

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