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Hercules Posey

Washington D.C. | 1719-1818

Hercules Posey was one of Washington's slaves who worked in the kitchen. He was a very good chef and became chief chef. On Washington's birthday, 1796, Hercules ran away. He died at 65 of tuberculosis.

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