Emily Arnold McCully

Young Oney Judge risks everything to escape a life of slavery in the household of George and Martha Washington and to make her own way as a free black woman.

Martha Washington's Slave Finds Freedom

The Escape of Oney Judge

Maura

This is a good book to share with students in upper elementary school because it dispels the rumors that as long as a slave was treated kindly and weren't physically abused that they were happy, therefore making slavery okay. It shows that no matter the form slavery takes, the slave still does not have free will or independence. It also puts a tarnish on the Washington family's reputation as this novel clearly shows that they kept slaves and found loopholes in laws that would free their slaves in order to keep their "property."

The Escape of Oney Judge Martha Washington's Slave Finds Freedom

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