A review by emeelee
Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge by Ray Anthony Shepard

5.0

This is fantastic book about Ona Judge, who was the personal slave of Martha Washington and a well-regarded seamstress, before emancipating herself by running away at 23-years-old. Ona led a relatively 'comfortable' life, with beautiful trappings and 'good' treatment. The poetic prose asks over and over, "Why you run Ona Judge?" But a gilded cage is still a cage, and the narrative ends with, "Run, Ona Judge, run."