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In 1870, Henrietta Wood Sued for Reparations—and Won

Source: Smithsonian Magazine

Henrietta Wood’s story of enslavement and kidnapping is not unique. However, her story is one-of-a-kind due to the fact that she won a civil suit against her kidnapper and was awarded reparations.

This entry was posted in A New Birth of Freedom and tagged Culture & Society, History, People on October 1, 2019 by Daniella Navarro.

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