"A National Book Award Finalist for Non-Fiction, Never Caught is the eye-opening narrative of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington's runaway slave, who risked everything for freedom. Now in a Young Readers Edition"--
Record details
ISBN:153441617X (alk. paper)
ISBN:9781534416178 (alk. paper)
Physical Description:xviii, 252 pages : illustration ; 22 cm print
Edition:Young readers edition, first Aladdin hardcover edition.
Publisher:New York : Aladdin, 2019.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-252).
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue -- The escape -- America's daughter -- Mount Vernon -- The new country -- The list -- The first trip north -- A short stay in Philadelphia -- New York -- Surviving -- The President's house -- The Gradual Abolition Act -- A six-month clock -- A free black community -- Yellow fever -- A granddaughter's wish -- Expectations -- The planning -- The Nancy -- New Hampshire: live free or die! -- Elizabeth Langdon -- The law breaker -- The negotiator -- Mrs. Staines -- One last try -- Greenland -- The Washingtons -- The survivor -- Epilogue.
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