{"product_id":"never-caught-erica-armstrong-dunbar-9781501126413","title":"Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge","description":"\u003cb\u003eA startling and eye-opening look into America's First Family, \u003ci\u003eNever Caught\u003c\/i\u003e is the powerful story about a daring woman of \"extraordinary grit\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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. In setting up his household he brought along nine slaves, including Ona Judge. As the President grew accustomed to Northern ways, there was one change he couldn't abide: 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThough Ona Judge lived a life of relative comfort, she was denied freedom. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A crisp and compulsively readable feat of research and storytelling\" (\u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e), historian and National Book Award finalist Erica Armstrong Dunbar weaves a powerful tale and offers fascinating new scholarship on how one young woman risked everything to gain freedom from the famous founding father and most powerful man in the United States at the time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erica Armstrong Dunbar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501126415\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501126413\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e 37 Ink\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e500185 \/ Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to R\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Erica Armstrong Dunbar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44055218684159,"sku":"9781501126413","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2d6efaef-ec94-4544-abdf-92ceb665413b.jpg?v=1685034471","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/never-caught-erica-armstrong-dunbar-9781501126413","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}