Hercules (Chef)
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- Posey, Hercules 1748-1812
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Birth Date
- 1748
Death Date
- 1812
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- found: The General's cook, 2018:CIP galley (Hercules, President George Washington's chef, is a fixture on the Philadelphia scene. But while valued by the Washingtons for his prowess in the kitchen and rewarded far over and above even white servants, Hercules is enslaved in a city where most black Americans are free.)
- found: ushistory.org, viewed September 24, 2018(Hercules, one of Washington's slaves, was the chief cook at Mount Vernon by 1786. Hercules had been married to a dower slave named Lame Alice, a seamstress at Mount Vernon, and they had three children, Richmond (born 1777), Evey (born 1782), and Delia (born 1785). Alice died in 1787, leaving Hercules to raise the children. That Hercules escaped to freedom has been long known by Washington scholars, but the date and circumstances of his escape were not uncovered until November 2009. Mary V. Thompson discovered the exact date of Hercules's escape from Mount Vernon: Wednesday, February 22, 1797 - Washington's 65th birthday - the records list Hercules as "absconded." By the provisions of Washington's will, Hercules was legally emancipated in 1801, making him no longer a fugitive but a free man. Richmond, Evey, and Delia, dower slaves through their mother, remained in bondage.) - http://www.ushistory.org/presidentshouse/slaves/hercules.php
- found: Wikipedia page, "Hercules Posey", accessed November 12, 2021:(Hercules ; last name Posey ; chef to George Washington ; 1748-1812)
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- 2018-09-24: new
- 2021-11-13: revised
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