The Legacy of Henrietta Wood, a Slave Who Sued her Kidnappers and Won a Case of Reparation for Slavery.
A conversation with historian W. Caleb McDaniel about the life of Henrietta Wood, a black woman who was born into slavery, was freed and then re-enslaved, and then sued her captors and won, using that money to buy a home and put her son through law school.\nCaleb McDaniel is professor of history at Rice University in Houston and the author of Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America.\xa0\nThe post The Legacy of Henrietta Wood, a Slave Who Sued her Kidnappers and Won a Case of Reparation for Slavery. appeared first on KPFA.