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Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America

by W. Caleb McDaniel

The unforgettable saga of one enslaved woman’s fight for justice–and reparations Born into slavery, Henrietta Wood was taken to Cincinnati and legally freed in 1848. In 1853, a Kentucky deputy sheriff named Zebulon Ward colluded with Wood’s employer, abducted her, and sold her back into bondage. She remained enslaved throughout the Civil War, giving birth to

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication date

2019

Format

Print edition

Pages

288

ISBN

9780190846992