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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.

Publication Info. North Mankato, Minnesota : Capstone Editions, a Capstone imprint, [2019]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1964873~S1
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Juvenile Biography  J BIO JUDGE    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Juvenile Biography  J BIO JUDGE    AVAILABLE
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Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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.
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 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Slavery -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 18th century -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Agoussoye, Simone, illustrator.
ISBN 9781543512809 (hardcover)
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