Episode Seven: Henrietta Wood

DEC 9, 202025 MIN
The Reckoning: Facing the Legacy of Slavery in America

Episode Seven: Henrietta Wood

DEC 9, 202025 MIN

Description

In 1848, Henrietta Wood was delighted to be granted her freedom when her enslaver moved to Ohio, a free state. But five years later, she was kidnapped, taken across the river to Kentucky, and sold back into slavery for another 13 years. In 1878, she successfully sued her kidnapper and received the largest known sum ever granted by a U.S. court in restitution for slavery.