Never Caught: The Washingtons&Apos Relentless Pursuit Of Their Runaway Slave Ona Judge Erica Armstrong Dunbar Simon Schuster Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction

A Startling And Eye-Opening Look Into America’s First Family Never Caught Is The Powerful Story About Daring Woman Of “Extraordinary Grit” (The Philadelphia Inquirer) When George Washington Was Elected President He Reluctantly Left Behind His Beloved Mount Vernon To Serve In Temporary Seat Nation’s Capital Setting Up Household Brought Along Nine Slaves Including Ona Judge As Grew Accustomed Northern Ways There One Change Couldn’t Abide: Pennsylvania Law Required Enslaved People Be Set Free After Six Months Residency State Rather Than Comply Decided Circumvent Every Sent Back Down South Just Clock Expire Though Lived Life Relative Comfort She Denied Freedom So Opportunity Presented Itself Clear Pleasant Spring Day Everything Knew Escape New England Yet Would Not Come Without Its Costs At Twenty-Two-Years-Old Became Subject An Intense Manhunt Led By Who Used Political Personal Contacts Recapture Property “A Crisp Compulsively Readable Feat Research Storytelling” (Usa Today) Historian National Book Award Finalist Erica Armstrong Dunbar Weaves Tale Offers Fascinating Scholarship On How Young Risked Gain From Famous Founding Father Most Man United States Time Σελίδες: 288 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0903 Διαστάσεις: 14X14Cm