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Author:
Hooks, Gwendolyn, author.
Title:
Ona Judge outwits the Washingtons : an enslaved woman fights for freedom / by Gwendolyn Hooks ; illustrated by Simone Agoussoye.
Publisher:
Capstone Editions,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Subject:
Judge, Oney--Juvenile literature.
Washington, George,--1732-1799--Relations with slaves--Juvenile literature.
Washington, Martha,--1731-1802--Relations with slaves--Juvenile literature.
Slaves--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American women--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Fugitive slaves--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Slavery--Philadelphia--Philadelphia--History--18th century--Juvenile literature.
Judge, Oney.
Washington, George,--1732-1799.
Washington, Martha,--1731-1802.
African American women.
Fugitive slaves.
Relations with slaves.
Slavery.
Slaves.
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
United States.
1700-1799
Biography.
History.
Juvenile works.
Biographies.
Other Authors:
Agoussoye, Simone, illustrator.
Summary:
"Soon after American colonists had won independence from Great Britain, Ona Judge was fighting for her own freedom from one of America's most famous founding fathers, George Washington. George and Martha Washington valued Ona as one of their most skilled and trustworthy slaves, but she would risk everything to achieve complete freedom. Born into slavery at Mount Vernon, Ona seized the opportunity to escape when she was brought to live in the President's Mansion in Philadelphia. Ona fled to New Hampshire and started a new life. But the Washingtons wouldn't give up easily. After her escape, Ona became the focus of a years-long manhunt, led by America's first president. Gwendolyn Hooks' vivid and detailed prose captures the danger, uncertainty, and persistence Ona Judge experienced during and after her heroic escape."--Provided by publisher.
Series:
Capstone editions. Encounter: narrative nonfiction picture books
ISBN:
1543512844
9781543512847
1543512801
9781543512809
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1042076333
LCCN:
2018029009
Locations:
GXPA501 -- Baxter Community Library (Baxter)
TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)
YAPC771 -- Bondurant Community Library (Bondurant)
SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)
GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

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