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A member of this family sent his nephew Burwell Bassett to Portsmouth, New Hampshire in an attempt to reclaim lost “property.” Seventeen people escaped from this family’s home as part of a raid by the HMS Savage. A man who publicly wore a tricorn and gold-headed cane “absconded” on the 65th birthday of a man in this family. Erica Armstrong Dunbar’s Never Caught details the life and escape (15[2])of Oney Judge (15[1])from this family. One man in this family freed William Lee in his will and left his other slaves to be freed upon the death of his (*) wife, who controlled more slaves due to her previous marriage to Daniel Parke Custis. To skirt Pennsylvania’s Gradual Abolition Act, this family rotated their enslaved servants, which included the chef Hercules Posey, every six months while living in an “executive mansion” in Philadelphia. For 10 points, name this family who held slaves at their Mount Vernon estate. ■END■

ANSWER: Washington family
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