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Author Harris, Duchess, author.

Title Oney Judge : escape from slavery and the president's house / Duchess Harris and Lindsay Wyskowski.

Publication Info. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Abdo Publishing, 2019.
©2019
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2048658~S1
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 Naper Blvd. Juvenile Biography  J BIO JUDGE    AVAILABLE
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Description 48 pages : illustrations (mostly color), chart ; 24 cm
Series Freedom's promise
Harris, Duchess. Freedom's promise.
Audience 780L Lexile
Note Includes glossary, index, online resource (page 46) and timeline.
Core Library.
Contents A letter from Duchess -- Escaping slavery -- Slavery in early America -- Oney's early years -- Escape plan -- Later life and legacy -- Fast facts -- Stop and think -- Glossary -- Online resources -- Learn more -- About the authors -- Index.
Summary President George Washington and his wife enslaved more than 150 people in the mid-1700s. In 1796, one of their slaves escaped. Her name was Oney Judge. Oney Judge: Escape from Slavery and the President's House explores her story and her legacy.
Subject Judge, Oney.
Fugitive slaves -- Virginia -- Mount Vernon -- Juvenile literature.
Fugitive slaves -- New Hampshire -- Juvenile literature.
Slavery -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Wyskowski, Lindsay, 1986- author.
Added Title Escape from slavery and the president's house
ISBN 9781532117732 lib. bdg
1532117736 lib. bdg.
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