diff --git a/lmformatenforcer/consts.py b/lmformatenforcer/consts.py
index 300f27a..42c8824 100644
--- a/lmformatenforcer/consts.py
+++ b/lmformatenforcer/consts.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 COMPLETE_ALPHABET = "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ!@#$%^&*()_+-=[]{};:,./<>? `'\""
 MAX_CONSECUTIVE_WHITESPACES = 12
-WHITESPACE_CHARACTERS = " \t\n\r"
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+WHITESPACE_CHARACTERS = " \t\n\r"
+BACKSLASH = "\\"
+BACKSLASH_ESCAPING_CHARACTERS = '"\\/bfnrt'  # Characters allowed after an escaping backslash, except unicode
+BACKSLACH_UNICODE_ESCAPE = "u"
diff --git a/lmformatenforcer/jsonschemaparser.py b/lmformatenforcer/jsonschemaparser.py
index 1e4c3ba..4fbb81f 100644
--- a/lmformatenforcer/jsonschemaparser.py
+++ b/lmformatenforcer/jsonschemaparser.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
 from .external.jsonschemaobject import JsonSchemaObject
 from .exceptions import LMFormatEnforcerException
-from .characterlevelparser import CharacterLevelParser, ForceStopParser, UnionParser
-from .consts import COMPLETE_ALPHABET, MAX_CONSECUTIVE_WHITESPACES, WHITESPACE_CHARACTERS
+from .characterlevelparser import CharacterLevelParser, ForceStopParser, SequenceParser, StringParser, UnionParser
+from .consts import BACKSLASH, BACKSLASH_ESCAPING_CHARACTERS, COMPLETE_ALPHABET, MAX_CONSECUTIVE_WHITESPACES, WHITESPACE_CHARACTERS
 
 class JsonSchemaParser(CharacterLevelParser):
 
@@ -418,6 +418,14 @@ def add_character(self, new_character: str):
             else:
                 self.seen_closing_quote = True
                 self.parsed_string = self.parsed_string[:-1]
+        if new_character == BACKSLASH:
+            # After a backslack we immediately have the escaping character, and if its 'u', we have 4 hex digits
+            escaping_character_parsers: List[CharacterLevelParser] = [StringParser(c) for c in BACKSLASH_ESCAPING_CHARACTERS]
+            hex_digit_parser: CharacterLevelParser = UnionParser([StringParser(c) for c in "0123456789abcdefABCDEF"])
+            unicode_components: List[CharacterLevelParser] = list([StringParser("u")] + [hex_digit_parser] * 4)
+            unicode_escape_parser: CharacterLevelParser = SequenceParser(unicode_components)
+            json_escaping_parser = UnionParser(escaping_character_parsers + [unicode_escape_parser])
+            self.root.context.active_parser.object_stack.append(json_escaping_parser)
         return self
 
     def get_allowed_characters(self) -> str:
@@ -439,7 +447,7 @@ def get_allowed_characters(self) -> str:
                 allowed_next_characters.extend(WHITESPACE_CHARACTERS)
             return "".join(allowed_next_characters)
         else:
-            return COMPLETE_ALPHABET
+            return COMPLETE_ALPHABET + BACKSLASH
 
     def can_end(self) -> bool:
         if self.require_closing_quote:
diff --git a/tests/test_jsonschemaparser.py b/tests/test_jsonschemaparser.py
index 62923e4..86973f0 100644
--- a/tests/test_jsonschemaparser.py
+++ b/tests/test_jsonschemaparser.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from lmformatenforcer import JsonSchemaParser
 from enum import Enum
 import pytest
+from lmformatenforcer.consts import BACKSLASH, BACKSLASH_ESCAPING_CHARACTERS
 
 from lmformatenforcer.exceptions import LMFormatEnforcerException
 
@@ -188,3 +189,25 @@ class ListOfNoMinLengthModel(BaseModel):
     _test_json_schema_parsing_with_string(no_strings, ListOfNoMinLengthModel.schema(), True)
     _test_json_schema_parsing_with_string(one_string, ListOfNoMinLengthModel.schema(), True)
     _test_json_schema_parsing_with_string(two_strings, ListOfNoMinLengthModel.schema(), False)
+
+
+def test_string_escaping():
+    for escaping_character in BACKSLASH_ESCAPING_CHARACTERS:
+        test_string = f'{{"num":1,"message":"hello {BACKSLASH}{escaping_character} world"}}'
+        _test_json_schema_parsing_with_string(test_string, SampleModel.schema(), True)
+    for non_escaping_character in 'a1?':
+        test_string = f'{{"num":1,"message":"hello {BACKSLASH}{non_escaping_character} world"}}'
+        _test_json_schema_parsing_with_string(test_string, SampleModel.schema(), False)
+
+    # Unicode
+    test_string = f'{{"num":1,"message":"hello {BACKSLASH}uf9f0 world"}}'
+    _test_json_schema_parsing_with_string(test_string, SampleModel.schema(), True)
+
+    # Not enough unicode digits
+    test_string = f'{{"num":1,"message":"hello {BACKSLASH}uf9f world"}}'
+    _test_json_schema_parsing_with_string(test_string, SampleModel.schema(), False)
+
+    # Unicode digit outside of hex range
+    test_string = f'{{"num":1,"message":"hello {BACKSLASH}uf9fP world"}}'
+    _test_json_schema_parsing_with_string(test_string, SampleModel.schema(), False)
+    
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