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Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge

Erica Armstrong Dunbar

"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.

Race & EthnicityRace & Ethnicity · medium confidenceRace & Ethnicity81 signalsLlm Classifier: Race & Ethnicity -> Race & EthnicityOpen Library: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women -> Memoir & AutobiographyOpen Library: Biography -> BiographyFamily Biography

Award History

1 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Frederick Douglass Book Prize: Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition2018Co-winnerSecondary source
National Book Award for NonfictionMajor2017FinalistSecondary source
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    • Ona Judge86%
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