February 17, 2017 By Jessica Parr in Book Review Tags: book review, Erica Armstrong Dunbar, George Washington, Guest Posts, Martha Washington, Ona Judge, Runaway Slaves, Slavery 4 Comments Guest reviewer Shana L. Haines is an Assistant Professor of English at Tidewater Community College in Portsmouth, Virginia. Instead, the human drama of one particular slave, Ona Judge, a Mount Vernon-born mulatto woman who … [Erica Armstrong Dunbar] -- "A revelatory account of the actions taken by the first president to retain his slaves in spite of Northern laws. By Erica Armstrong Dunbar and Kathleen Van Cleve. The book isn’t a diluted version of the adult Never Caught. -- School Library Journal (starred review) Gripping. Find out more about Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Kathleen Van Cleve at Simon & Schuster. This book changes the traditional narrative about runaways and adds to a growing literature about the lives of fugitives . Enslaved men and women on the run often kept their pasts hidden, even from the people they loved the most: their spouses and children. --NoveList. Read book reviews & excerpts, watch author videos & more. Now in a Young Readers Edition"-- Though Ona Judge Staines’s story might be unfamiliar to many, the first decades of the 21st century have been marked by the attempt to bring her remarkable tale to light. Ona Judge lived most of her years in a tiny community near Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Summary "A revelatory account of the actions taken by the first president to retain his slaves in spite of Northern laws profiles one of the slaves, Ona Judge, describing the intense manhunt that ensued when she ran away." Profiles one of the George and Martha Washington valued Ona as one of their most skilled and trustworthy slaves, but she would risk everything to achieve complete freedom. Her second book, Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge was a 2017 finalist for the National Book Award in nonfiction and a winner of the 2018 Frederick Douglass Book Award. In 2017, the museum at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate began paying tribute to a runaway slave named Ona Judge, once owned by America’s first president. Ona Judge’s determination to escape slavery eclipsed any regret over leaving. ONA JUDGE, THE WASHINGTONS, AND THE RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF THEIR RUNAWAY SLAVE by Erica Armstrong Dunbar ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 7, 2017 The story of a favored slave of the Washingtons who had the “impudence” to flee a life of benevolent servitude. Her second book, Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge was a 2017 finalist for the National Book Award in nonfiction and a winner of the 2018 Frederick Douglass Book Award. Get this from a library! Born into slavery at Mount Vernon, Judge began working directly for Martha Washington by the age of 10. Never caught : the Washingtons' relentless pursuit of their runaway slave, Ona Judge. Having interacted with Philadelphia's sizable free black community, Ona Judge observed and soon longed for … Ona escaped to freedom in 1796, absconding from Philadelphia to New Hampshire. Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away (Book) : Dunbar, Erica Armstrong : A brilliant work of US history. In this young readers edition of her award-winning book, Erica Armstrong Dunbar provides an in-depth story about the life of Ona Judge, the woman who dared to escape from one of the nation’s Founding Fathers. For fugitives, like Ona Judge, secrecy was a necessity. “A brilliant work of US history.” —School Library Journal (starred review) As one interviewer noted: “When asked if she is not sorry she left Washington, as she has labored so much harder since, than before, her reply is, ‘No, I am free, and have, I trust been made a child of God by the means.’” 19 Ona Judge Staines died in 1848. Ona remained a fugitive for the rest of her life. 272 pages. But this legal issue is hardly the book’s subject. In Never Caught, historian Erica Armstrong Dunbar tells the story of Ona Maria Judge Staines, who was born into slavery at George and Martha Washington’s Mount Vernon plantation. Sometimes, the nightmare of human bondage, the murder, rape, dismemberment, and constant degradation, was simply too terrible to speak of. Ona was born in … So, when the opportunity presented itself, Judge left everything she knew to escape to New England. This is the true story of Ona Judge who escaped from enslavement by George and Martha Washington. Book – Non-fiction. Given Her Due. Ona Judge left behind the only existing account/narrative of a fugitive once held by the Washingtons. A National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction, Never Caught is the eye-opening narrative of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington’s runaway slave, who risked everything for a better life - now available as a young listener’s edition! Now in a Young Readers Edition"-- Book 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. 2019. In some ways, it delivers more than the original: a map of the Eastern Seaboard, a timeline from 1731 (Martha Washington’s birth) to 1848 (Ona Judge’s death), and the transcript of an interview Judge Gr 5 Up-This young readers edition of Dunbar's National Book Award-nominated title details the account of Ona Judge, who ran away from the household of George and Martha Washington. 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. Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away (eBook) : Dunbar, Erica Armstrong : "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. Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away (Book) : Dunbar, Erica Armstrong : "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. Book Summary A startling and eye-opening look into America's First Family, Never Caught is the powerful narrative of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington's runaway slave who risked it all to escape the nation's capital and reach freedom. Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away (Audiobook CD) : Dunbar, Erica Armstrong : The eye opening narrative of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington's runaway slave, who risked everything for a better life. Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge is a nonfiction book about the efforts of one of George and Martha Washington’s slaves, Ona Judge, to secure her freedom. "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. Not only did the popular sketch-comedy show Drunk History air an episode focusing on Ona in 2007, but Mount Vernon hosted an exhibition entitled “Lives Bound Together: Slavery at George Washington’s … A National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction, Never Caught is the eye-opening narrative of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington’s runaway slave, who risked everything for a better life—now available as a young reader’s edition! Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away (Book) : Dunbar, Erica Armstrong : "Born into a life of slavery, Ona Judge eventually grew up to be George and Martha Washington's "favored" dower slave. George and Martha Washington valued Ona as one of their most skilled and trustworthy slaves, but she would risk everything to achieve complete freedom. ONA JUDGE OUTWITS THE WASHINGTONS In this beautiful non-fiction picture book, #ownvoices author and illustrator Gwendolyn Hooks and Simone Agoussoye chronicle the true story of an enslaved woman who took her freedom back from her owners, George Her second book, Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge was a 2017 finalist for the National Book Award in nonfiction and a winner of the 2018 Frederick Douglass Book Award. Read Common Sense Media's Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away; Young Readers Edition review, age rating, and parents An interesting, non-fiction book about Ona Judge, a woman who was one of Martha Washington's personal slaves until she ran away. [Gwendolyn Hooks; Simone Agoussoye] -- "Soon after American colonists had won independence from Great Britain, Ona Judge was fighting for her own freedom from one of America's … Riveting bio is a great resource for teaching about slavery. This book dissects early emancipation laws in the United States and Ona's life, as well as revealing struggles in the private lives of George and Martha Washington. It appears to be the only fugitive account from any slave in eighteenth–century Virginia. Ona Judge outwits the Washingtons : an enslaved woman fights for freedom. 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