Never Caught, The Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington’s Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away
Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Kathleen Van Cleve
In 1796, Ona Judge was a 22-year-old enslaved servant of George and Martha Washington. She escaped from the president’s Philadelphia home and sought freedom in New Hampshire. This young readers edition recounts her flight from enslavement by the Washington family, then among the most powerful families in the United States. It places Judge’s escape within the history of slavery in early America.
This book appears on 3 reading lists across 2 editions from 3 organizations.
