The Resource Never caught : the Washingtons' relentless pursuit of their runaway slave, Ona Judge, Erica Armstrong Dunbar
Never caught : the Washingtons' relentless pursuit of their runaway slave, Ona Judge, Erica Armstrong Dunbar
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- Summary
- "When George Washington was elected president, he reluctantly left behind his beloved Mount Vernon to serve in Philadelphia, the temporary seat of the nation's capital, after a brief stay in New York. In setting up his household he took Tobias Lear, his celebrated secretary, and nine slaves, including Ona Judge, about which little has been written. As he grew accustomed to Northern ways, there was one change he couldn't get his arms around: 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 one clear and pleasant spring day in Philadelphia, 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. Impeccably researched, historian Erica Armstrong Dunbar weaves a powerful tale and offers fascinating new scholarship on how one young woman risked it all to gain freedom from the famous founding father." --
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First 37 Ink/Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 253 pages
- Contents
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- Betty's Daughter
- New York--Bound
- New York in Black and White
- The Move to Philadelphia
- The Blacks in the Family
- Life in Philadelphia
- The Wedding
- The Fugitive
- Slavery and Freedom in New Hampshire
- A Close Call
- The Negotiator
- Mrs. Staines
- The Survivor
- Isbn
- 9781501126390
- Label
- Never caught : the Washingtons' relentless pursuit of their runaway slave, Ona Judge
- Title
- Never caught
- Title remainder
- the Washingtons' relentless pursuit of their runaway slave, Ona Judge
- Statement of responsibility
- Erica Armstrong Dunbar
- Title variation
- Never caught
- Title variation remainder
- the Washingtons relentless pursuit of their runaway slave, Ona Judge
- Subject
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- Women slaves
- trueAfrican American history
- African American women -- Biography
- African Americans -- History
- Biographies
- trueEnslaved women
- trueFreedom seekers
- Fugitive slaves
- Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography
- trueInjustice
- Judge, Oney
- trueMount Vernon
- truePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
- truePresidents
- Presidents -- United States
- trueSlavery
- Slavery -- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia -- History -- 18th century
- Slaves -- United States -- Biography
- trueSouthern States -- History
- trueUnited States
- Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Relations with slaves
- Washington, Martha, 1731-1802 -- Relations with slaves
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "When George Washington was elected president, he reluctantly left behind his beloved Mount Vernon to serve in Philadelphia, the temporary seat of the nation's capital, after a brief stay in New York. In setting up his household he took Tobias Lear, his celebrated secretary, and nine slaves, including Ona Judge, about which little has been written. As he grew accustomed to Northern ways, there was one change he couldn't get his arms around: 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 one clear and pleasant spring day in Philadelphia, 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. Impeccably researched, historian Erica Armstrong Dunbar weaves a powerful tale and offers fascinating new scholarship on how one young woman risked it all to gain freedom from the famous founding father." --
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- From Amazon
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- individual biography
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- 10550908
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
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- Dunbar, Erica Armstrong
- Dewey number
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- 306.3/62092
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Judge, Oney
- Washington, George
- Washington, Martha
- Slaves
- Fugitive slaves
- African American women
- Slavery
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- the Washingtons' relentless pursuit of their runaway slave, Ona Judge
- Label
- Never caught : the Washingtons' relentless pursuit of their runaway slave, Ona Judge, Erica Armstrong Dunbar
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- txt
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- Contents
- Betty's Daughter -- New York--Bound -- New York in Black and White -- The Move to Philadelphia -- The Blacks in the Family -- Life in Philadelphia -- The Wedding -- The Fugitive -- Slavery and Freedom in New Hampshire -- A Close Call -- The Negotiator -- Mrs. Staines -- The Survivor
- Control code
- 1729609
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First 37 Ink/Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 253 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501126390
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781501126390
- (OCoLC)952647698
- Label
- Never caught : the Washingtons' relentless pursuit of their runaway slave, Ona Judge, Erica Armstrong Dunbar
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Betty's Daughter -- New York--Bound -- New York in Black and White -- The Move to Philadelphia -- The Blacks in the Family -- Life in Philadelphia -- The Wedding -- The Fugitive -- Slavery and Freedom in New Hampshire -- A Close Call -- The Negotiator -- Mrs. Staines -- The Survivor
- Control code
- 1729609
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First 37 Ink/Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 253 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501126390
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781501126390
- (OCoLC)952647698
Subject
- Women slaves
- trueAfrican American history
- African American women -- Biography
- African Americans -- History
- Biographies
- trueEnslaved women
- trueFreedom seekers
- Fugitive slaves
- Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography
- trueInjustice
- Judge, Oney
- trueMount Vernon
- truePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
- truePresidents
- Presidents -- United States
- trueSlavery
- Slavery -- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia -- History -- 18th century
- Slaves -- United States -- Biography
- trueSouthern States -- History
- trueUnited States
- Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Relations with slaves
- Washington, Martha, 1731-1802 -- Relations with slaves
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