Reading into History @ Home: Never Caught, The Story of Ona Judge

Sun May 31, 2020
Various times
Age: 9-12
Price: FREE
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New-York Historical Society is hosting a virtual Reading Into History Family Book Club to talk about one of this year’s finalists for the annual Children’s History Book Prize,Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge, by Erica Armstrong Dunbar and Kathleen Van Cleve.

The book tells the real-life story of a woman enslaved by President George Washington and his wife Martha, who escaped to freedom when she was 22. Sign in on Zoom and hear from Dr. Dunbar, who'll be logging on remotely to answer questions.

Check the website for login details. The club will "meet" via Zoom, so download in advance.

Eastern time: 2pm
Central time: 1pm
Pacific time: 11am

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