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“Deborah, 20, pock-marked, formerly the property of George Washington; left him 4 years ago.” Deborah Squash—reduced in the ledger to a blemish, but her name tells another story. She fled Mount Vernon, seized the chaos of revolution, and gambled everything for a chance at freedom.
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Image: Entry of Deborah Squash in the Book of Negroes. Credit: Library and Archives Canada. Original Author: Guy Carleton.
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