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.
Episode Ten: My Old Kentucky Home
Episode Nine: Facing the Past
Episode Eight: Zebulon Ward
Episode Six: Lost Cause
Episode Five: Aftermath
Episode Four: The Civil War
Episode Three: Recovering History
Episode Two: Sold Down the River
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