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The book follows Oney Judge, a young enslaved woman who risks everything to escape slavery while living in the household of Founding Fathers George and Martha Washington. In pursuit of freedom, she charts a perilous path towards her future as a free black woman.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Emily Arnold McCully
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