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African American women Biography Fugitive slaves United States Biography Judge, Oney Philadelphia (Pa.) Race relations History 19th century Racism Pennsylvania Philadelphia History 19th century Slavery Pennsylvania Philadelphia History 18th century Slaves United States Biography Still, William 1821-1902 Washington, George 1732-1799 Relations with slaves Washington, Martha 1731-1802 Relations with slavesDunbar, Erica Armstrong
Summary: "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"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2019
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Summary: "The story of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington's runaway slave who risked everything to escape the nation's capital and reach freedom"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 JUDGE, ONA DUNDunbar, Erica Armstrong
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,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 37 Ink/Atria 2017
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Summary: "The remarkable and inspiring story of William Still, an unknown abolitionist who dedicated his life to managing a critical section of the Underground Railroad in Philadelphia--the free state directly north of the Mason-Dixon line--helping hundreds of people escape from slavery"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STILL, WILLIAM DIEBiddle, Daniel R.
Summary: Octavius Valentine Catto was an orator who shared stages with Frederick Douglass, a second baseman on Philadelphia's best black baseball team, a teacher at the city's finest black school and an activist who fought in the state capital and on the streets for equal rights. With his racially-charged murder, the nation lost a civil rights pioneer-one who risked his life a century before Selma and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Temple University Press 2010