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William Costin
Philadelphia was one of Ona Judge’s younger sisters. Born into slavery at Mount Vernon, Philadelphia nonetheless married a free Black man named William Costin while enslaved there. Though Philadelphia was given to Martha Washington’s granddaughter Eliza Parke Custis Law in Ona’s place, Philadelphia was emancipated by Eliza’s husband Thomas Law in June of 1807. She lived out the rest of her life with Costin, eventually becoming a prominent member of the free Black community in the District of Columbia.
Philadelphia Quotes in Never Caught
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Only sixteen years old, Philadelphia was saddled with the responsibility of serving the new Mrs. Law. Perhaps Philadelphia had proven herself to be trustworthy and reliable and was therefore the natural replacement for her older sister. Or maybe, in a fit of anger, Mrs. Washington purposely selected Philadelphia to serve the new Mrs. Law, a duty that would require her to leave Mount Vernon and head for a new home in the Federal City. If vindictiveness was her motive, Martha Washington was successful. Philadelphia followed in her older sister's footsteps, leaving behind the world she knew at Mount Vernon.
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Philadelphia Quotes in Never Caught
The Never Caught quotes below are all either spoken by Philadelphia or refer to Philadelphia . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
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Only sixteen years old, Philadelphia was saddled with the responsibility of serving the new Mrs. Law. Perhaps Philadelphia had proven herself to be trustworthy and reliable and was therefore the natural replacement for her older sister. Or maybe, in a fit of anger, Mrs. Washington purposely selected Philadelphia to serve the new Mrs. Law, a duty that would require her to leave Mount Vernon and head for a new home in the Federal City. If vindictiveness was her motive, Martha Washington was successful. Philadelphia followed in her older sister's footsteps, leaving behind the world she knew at Mount Vernon.
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