![]() ![]() Every six months he sent the slaves back down south just as the clock was about to expire. Rather than comply, Washington decided to circumvent the law. 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. In setting up his household he brought along nine slaves, including Ona Judge. When 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. You can read this before Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom.įinalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction A startling and eye-opening look into America’s First Family, Never Caught is the powerful story about a daring woman of “extraordinary grit” (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Here is a quick description and cover image of book Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge written by Erica Armstrong Dunbar which was published in. ![]() Brief Summary of Book: Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar ![]()
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