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McDaniel, W. Caleb (William Caleb), 1979-
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Wood, Henrietta, approximately 1818-1912.
Wood, Henrietta, approximately 1818-1912 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Pulitzer Prize for Works of History.
Slaves -- Kentucky -- Biography.
Women slaves -- Kentucky -- Biography.
Freedmen -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- Biography.
Trials (Kidnapping) -- Ohio -- Cincinnati.
Blacks -- Reparations -- History -- 19th century.
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McDaniel, W. Caleb (William Caleb), 1979-
Wood, Henrietta, approximately 1818-1912.
Wood, Henrietta, approximately 1818-1912 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Pulitzer Prize for Works of History.
Slaves -- Kentucky -- Biography.
Women slaves -- Kentucky -- Biography.
Freedmen -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- Biography.
Trials (Kidnapping) -- Ohio -- Cincinnati.
Blacks -- Reparations -- History -- 19th century.
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Sweet
taste
of
liberty
: a
true
story
of
slavery
and
restitution
in
America
/ W. Caleb McDaniel.
by
McDaniel, W. Caleb (William Caleb), 1979-
Oxford University Press, 2019.
Call #:
306.362092 W875s
Subjects
Wood, Henrietta, approximately 1818-1912.
Wood, Henrietta, approximately 1818-1912 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Pulitzer Prize for Works of History.
Slaves -- Kentucky -- Biography.
Women slaves -- Kentucky -- Biography.
Freedmen -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- Biography.
Trials (Kidnapping) -- Ohio -- Cincinnati.
Blacks -- Reparations -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN:
9780190846992 (hc)
Description:
viii, 340 p., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"In
Sweet
Taste
of
Liberty
, W. Caleb McDaniel focuses on the experience of a freed slave who was sold back into
slavery
, eventually freed again, and who then sued the man who had sold her back into bondage. Henrietta Wood was born into
slavery
, but in 1848, she was taken to Cincinnati and legally freed. In 1855, however, a wealthy Kentucky businessman named Zebulon Ward, who colluded with Wood's employer, abducted Wood and sold her back into bondage. In the years that followed before and during the Civil War, she gave birth to a son and was forced to march to Texas. She obtained her freedom a second time after the war and returned to Cincinnati, where she sued Ward for $20,000 in damages -- now known as reparations. Astonishingly, after ten years of litigation, Henrietta Wood won her case. In 1878, a Federal jury awarded her $2,500 and the decision stuck on appeal. While nowhere close to the amount she had demanded, this may be the largest amount of money ever awarded by an American court in
restitution
for
slavery
. Wood went on to live until 1912"--Publisher.
Awards:
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History, 2020.
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