Joice Heth | |
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| Born | c. 1756 [citation needed] |
| Died | February 19, 1836 (aged 79–80) New York, New York, United States |
Joice Heth (c. 1756 [citation needed] – February 19, 1836)[1] was an African-American woman who was exhibited by P.T. Barnum with the false claim that she was the 161-year-old nursing mammy of George Washington. Her exhibition under these claims, and her public autopsy, gained considerable notoriety.