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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     More Content       More by this author     Dunbar, Erica Armstrong.     Subjects     Judge, Oney.     Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Relations with slaves.     Washington, Martha, 1731-1802 -- Relations with slaves.     Women slaves -- United States -- Biography.     Slaves -- United States -- Biography.     Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography.     Women, Black -- United States -- Biography.     Slavery -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 18th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Dunbar, Erica Armstrong.       by title:      Never caught : the W...       by call number:      LP 306.362 D898n     Search the Web     Dunbar, Erica Armstrong.     Judge, Oney.     Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Relations with slaves.     Washington, Martha, 1731-1802 -- Relations with slaves.     Women slaves -- United States -- Biography.     Slaves -- United States -- Biography.     Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography.     Women, Black -- United States -- Biography.     Slavery -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 18th century.       MARC Display

Never caught : the Washingtons' relentless pursuit of their runaway slave, Ona Judge / Erica Armstrong Dunbar. by Dunbar, Erica Armstrong. Center Point Large Print, 2017. Call #: LP 306.362 D898n Subjects Judge, Oney.   Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Relations with slaves.   Washington, Martha, 1731-1802 -- Relations with slaves.   Women slaves -- United States -- Biography.   Slaves -- United States -- Biography.   Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography.   Women, Black -- United States -- Biography.   Slavery -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 18th century. ISBN:  9781683245391 (hc.) Edition:  Center Point Large Print edition. Description:  368 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm Notes:  Originally published: New York : Atria, 2017. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references. Summary:  "The story of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington's runaway slave who risked everything to escape the nation's capital and reach freedom. When George Washington was elected president, he reluctantly left his beloved Mount Vernon to serve in Philadelphia, the temporary seat of the nation's capital. In setting up his household he took Tobias Lear, his celebrated secretary and eight slaves, including Ona Judge. Pennsylvania law required enslaved people be set free after six months of residency in the state. Rather than comply, Washington decided to circumvent the law. Every six months he sent the slaves back down south just as the clock was about to expire. Though Ona Judge lived a life of relative comfort, the few pleasantries she was afforded were nothing compared to freedom, a glimpse of which she encountered first-hand in Philadelphia. So, when the opportunity presented itself, Judge left everything she knew to escape to New England. Yet freedom would not come without its costs. At just twenty-two-years-old, Ona became the subject of an intense manhunt led by George Washington, who used his political and personal contacts to recapture his property. Historian Erica Armstrong Dunbar weaves a powerful tale of how one young woman risked it all to gain freedom from the famous founding father."--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Tantallon Public Library Adult Large Print Nonfiction LP 306.362 D898n Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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