The Reckoning: Facing the Legacy of Slavery in America

The Reckoning: Facing the Legacy of Slavery in America


Episode Seven: Henrietta Wood

December 09, 2020

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.