>> THE INFLECTION OF A STORY COUNTS. >> DO YOU HAVE YOUR OWN BEDROOM IN THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE? >> THE TE ONMATTEDER ALSO. BUT HOW THE SRYTO IS SAID THROUGH WHICH VOICE – >> YOU RIDED IN A FIRST CLASS BODY WITH A LADY CALLING YOU HIS HAT. >> AN ANSWER TO LONG-TERM QUESTIONS IN HISTORY SOMETIMES CLOSE VIEW. >> WHY ARE YOU RUNNING, ONA JUDGE? I WANTED TO GIVE YOUNG READERS A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON SLAVERY. OFTEN IT’S ABOUT SLAVERY IT’S HARD WORK IN THE FIELD AND PHYSICAL BRUTALITY, BUT NOT OTEMIONAL BRUTALITY. >> AY R SHEPARD, A LONG-TERM EDITOR OF SCHOOL BOOKS BECAME AN AUTHOR OF SCHOOL BOOKS, HE GETS FREEDOM OF CHOICE THROUGH THE STORY OF ONA JUGE, A MIXED WOMAN SERVED IN MARTHA WASHINGTON UNTIL AN ESCAPE TO DINARG . >> AT THIS TIME, SHE HAD THE BEST JOB A SLAVE CAN HAVE, THE PERSONAL SERVANT OF THE GREAT LADY OF AMERICA. >> RUNAWAY: JUDGE ONA’S DARING ESCAPE IS A CHILDREN’S BOOK, THE JUDGE’S STORY DESCRIBED THROUGH VERSES AND PTUICRES. >> THIS STORY EMOTIONALLY HITCHED ME AS THE STORY I WANTED TO TELL. >> B HOW TO SAY IT? HE WANTED TO SHARE A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW FROM THESE STORIES READ AS A CHILD, WITH PEOPLE OF LOONGKI COLOR BUT THEIR STORIES IN THEIR OWN WORDS RARELY REPRESENT. >> THE STORY OF IIST ONA, NOT OF MARTHA WASHINGTON. >> JUDGE THE TIME SPENT WITH THE MOST INFLUENTIAL VOICES OF THE ERA. >> THE FOUNDING GREAT FATHERS AND SHE LISTENS TO WHAT THEY PRESENT FREEDOM IS WHAT SHE WANTS. >> YOU FIND A WOMAN, CONSIDERED BY MANY IN TIMES TO BE TREATED WELL, LIVING LIKE THE PROPERTY OF ANOTHER PERSON. AFTER THE ESCAPE, A REWARD OF $ 10, THE COST OF A BARREL OF FLOUR, OFFERED FOR ITS CAPTURE AND RETURN. >> DUE TO THE SLEAV FUGITIVES ACT OF 1793, SHE COULD NEVER BE FREE EVEN IF SHE WERE IN NEW N HAMPSHIRE, A STATE WHICH HAD OUT-LAI SLAVERY. THE SHEET SHOWS HAVING THE BEST JOB A SLAVE CAN HAVE. CONCERNS AND DIPLOMATS THAT MAKED EEFR AMERICA – DO YOU THINK THAT MEAN FOR YOU? SHAY: NA SHEPARD’S BOOK WAS NOMINATED FOR THE JANE ADDAMS CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD, GI
Author Ray Anthony Shepard tells the story of Ona Judge, who escaped slavery and found refuge in New Hampshire
Shepard offers important perspective on slavery in children’s book
Update: 9:09 p.m. EST January 5, 2022
Many people now know the story of Ona Judge, who was a slave to Martha and George Washington, and who risked her life to emancipate herself. But in a new book by a Massachusetts historian and author, Judge’s story is told in a new way for kids. Shepard uses verses in his book “Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge”, with powerful illustrations by famous artist Keith Mallett. Find more information about Ray Anthony Shepard here.
NEEDHAM, Massachusetts –
Many people now know the story of Ona Judge, who was a slave to Martha and George Washington, and who risked her life to emancipate herself. But in a new book by a Massachusetts historian and author, Judge’s story is told in a new way for kids. Shepard uses verses in his book “Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge”, with powerful illustrations by famous artist Keith Mallett.
Find more information about Ray Anthony Shepard here.
