#nevercaught

' i'm here for the marquess's watch. ' there's a forced nonchalance in the way grayson sips at her champagne, but it's a desperate attempt to hide the way her chest goes hot at the voice angled far too intimately into the shell of her ear. ' after i'm done here, i'll let you take me out to eat. '

This #presidentsday check out today’s post and GBN Daily Drop podcast (link in bio) about #onajudge - based on today’s page in the #ayearofgoodblacknewscalendar published by @workmanpub #nevercaught #blackhistorymonth https://www.instagram.com/p/CaQSW6uPTp7/?utm_medium=tumblr

"Nobody expects the Spanish ink physician" he said.

Camilla Ella Williams, Danville

I honor the memory of Ona Judge and Billy Lee on #presidentsday Both were enslaved as house servants by #GeorgeWashington at #MountVernon. Billy Lee (1750-1828) was Washington's personal valet. Ona Judge (1773-1848) was Martha Washington's lady's maid. When George Washington was elected president, he reluctantly left behind his beloved Mount Vernon to serve in #Philadelphia, the temporary seat of the nation’s capital. In setting up his household he brought along nine slaves, including Ona Judge and Billy Lee. As the President grew accustomed to Northern ways, there was one change he couldn’t abide: Pennsylvania law required enslaved people be set free after six months of residency in the state. Rather than comply, Washington decided to circumvent the law. Every six months he sent the slaves back down south just as the clock was about to expire. Though Ona Judge lived a life of relative comfort, she was denied freedom. So, when the opportunity presented itself one clear and pleasant spring day in Philadelphia, Judge left everything she knew to escape to New England. Yet freedom would not come without its costs. At just twenty-two-years-old, Ona became the subject of an intense manhunt led by George Washington, who used his political and personal contacts to recapture his property. Despite well advertised fugitive records, Ona Judge was #nevercaught. 👑 Titus Kaphar Ona Judge: Portrait in Tar 2016 Oil on canvas Collection of Ellen and Steve Susman Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge by #EricaArmstrongDunbar 2016 Titus Kaphar Billy Lee: Portrait in Tar 2016 Oil on canvas Collection of Bill and Christy Gautreaux, Kansas City, Missouri Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York Behind the Myth of Benevolence 2014, Oil on canvas Titus Kaphar Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery This final painting by #TitusKaphar was inspired by a #RembrandtPeale portrait of #ThomasJefferson made in 1800. #Endwhitesupremacy #SallyHemmings #AmericanHistory #BlackHistory https://www.instagram.com/soulpowercoach/p/BuChZOXB683/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=h0ezgkplcxwb

What I’m reading this morning... #bigmagic #nevercaught #septvogue (at Bon Air, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BneG4i3AzHv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=hbhqbavj23cl