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The slave who won reparations
The trial began only after eight years of litigation, leaving Henrietta Wood to wonder if she would ever get justice, now she watched nervously as the 12 jurors returned to their seats. Finally, they announced a verdict that few expected: "We, the Jury in the above entitled cause, do find for the plaintiff and assess her damages in the premises at Two thousand five hundred dollars."
W. Caleb McDaniel
The Week
The slave who won reparations
The slave who won reparations
This article originally appeared in Smithsonian Magazine.On April 17, 1878, 12 white jurors entered a federal courtroom in Cincinnati to deliver the verdict in a now-forgotten lawsuit about American slavery. The plaintiff was Henrietta Wood, described by a reporter at the time as "a spectacled negro
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W. Caleb McDaniel
The Week