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Oney Judge : escape from slavery and the president's house
- Title
- Oney Judge : escape from slavery and the president's house / by Duchess Harris, JD, PhD with Lindsay Wyskowski.
- Author
- Harris, Duchess
- Publication
- Minneapolis, Minnesota : Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2019]
- ©2019
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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- Description
- 48 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm.
- 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 "Ona" Judge. Oney Judge: Escape from Slavery and the President's House explores her story and her legacy.
- Series Statement
- Freedom's promise
- Harris, Duchess. Freedom's promise.
- Subject
- Judge, Oney > Juvenile literature
- Washington, George, 1732-1799 > Relations with slaves > Juvenile literature
- Judge, Oney
- Washington, George, 1732-1799
- Fugitive slaves > Virginia > Mount Vernon > Juvenile literature
- Fugitive slaves > New Hampshire > Juvenile literature
- Fugitive slaves
- Relations with slaves
- New Hampshire
- Virginia > Mount Vernon
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Juvenile works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index.
- 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
- Call Number
- Sc E 20-619
- ISBN
- 1532117736
- 9781532117732
- LCCN
- 2018949779
- OCLC
- 1050624632
- Author
- Harris, Duchess, author.
- Title
- Oney Judge : escape from slavery and the president's house / by Duchess Harris, JD, PhD with Lindsay Wyskowski.
- Publisher
- Minneapolis, Minnesota : Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Freedom's promiseHarris, Duchess. Freedom's promise.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Wyskowski, Lindsay, 1986- author.Schomburg Children's Collection.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 20-619