McCully, E.A. (2007). The escape of Oney Judge: Martha Washington’s slave finds freedom. New York: Farrar Strauss Giroux. ISBN 9780374322250 4Q/3P

Summary: Oney Judge is one of Martha Washington’s house slaves, starching her caps just so. But Oney does not want to live the rest of her life as a slave. This is the story of how she pursued and won her freedom.

Media: Ink and watercolor.

Curricular connections: Grades 5-7. Biography, history: slavery, early American history, Martha Washington.

Theme: Consideration of what makes a person family. Though Martha Washington may consider Oney Judge close to her, Judge, as a slave, does not feel the same way. Judge goes on to start her own family.

KEM 4/29/08