A review by ljrinaldi
Ona Judge Outwits the Washingtons: An Enslaved Woman Fights for Freedom by Gwendolyn Hooks
4.0
This is truly an amazing story. We forget, because we like to make the founding fathers such wonderful men, that many of them kept slaves, including George Washington. Ona Judge was one of his house slaves that he took to Philadelphia, when she was president, in fact.
This picture book is the simplified story of how she managed to escape capture, after she ran away. And remember that an enslaved person did not become free, simply by running away. They remained a slave, even while living in a free state.
Washington did not take well to having lost her, and tried several times to get her back.
A great picture book to show the underside of one of the founding fathers, as well as a very smart woman.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
This picture book is the simplified story of how she managed to escape capture, after she ran away. And remember that an enslaved person did not become free, simply by running away. They remained a slave, even while living in a free state.
Washington did not take well to having lost her, and tried several times to get her back.
A great picture book to show the underside of one of the founding fathers, as well as a very smart woman.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.