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The Resource Sweet taste of liberty : a true story of slavery and restitution in America, W. Caleb McDaniel

Sweet taste of liberty : a true story of slavery and restitution in America, W. Caleb McDaniel

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"In Sweet Taste of Liberty, W. Caleb McDaniel focuses on the experience of a freed slave who was sold back into slavery, eventually freed again, and who then sued the man who had sold her back into bondage. Henrietta Wood was born into slavery, but in 1848, she was taken to Cincinnati and legally freed. In 1855, however, a wealthy Kentucky businessman named Zebulon Ward, who colluded with Wood's employer, abducted Wood and sold her back into bondage. In the years that followed before and during the Civil War, she gave birth to a son and was forced to march to Texas. She obtained her freedom a second time after the war and returned to Cincinnati, where she sued Ward for $20,000 in damages--now known as reparations. Astonishingly, after ten years of litigation, Henrietta Wood won her case. In 1878, a Federal jury awarded her $2,500 and the decision stuck on appeal. While nowhere close to the amount she had demanded, this may be the largest amount of money ever awarded by an American court in restitution for slavery. Wood went on to live until 1912"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (1 volume)
Contents
  • The crossing
  • Touseytown
  • Down river
  • Ward's return
  • Cincinnati
  • The plan
  • The flight
  • Raising a muss
  • Wood versus Ward
  • The keeper
  • Natchez
  • Brandon Hall
  • Versailles
  • Revolution
  • The march
  • Arthur
  • Robertson County
  • Dawn and doom
  • Nashville
  • A rather interesting case
  • Story of a slave
  • The verdict
Isbn
9780190846992
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Sweet taste of liberty : a true story of slavery and restitution in America
Title
Sweet taste of liberty
Title remainder
a true story of slavery and restitution in America
Statement of responsibility
W. Caleb McDaniel
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"In Sweet Taste of Liberty, W. Caleb McDaniel focuses on the experience of a freed slave who was sold back into slavery, eventually freed again, and who then sued the man who had sold her back into bondage. Henrietta Wood was born into slavery, but in 1848, she was taken to Cincinnati and legally freed. In 1855, however, a wealthy Kentucky businessman named Zebulon Ward, who colluded with Wood's employer, abducted Wood and sold her back into bondage. In the years that followed before and during the Civil War, she gave birth to a son and was forced to march to Texas. She obtained her freedom a second time after the war and returned to Cincinnati, where she sued Ward for $20,000 in damages--now known as reparations. Astonishingly, after ten years of litigation, Henrietta Wood won her case. In 1878, a Federal jury awarded her $2,500 and the decision stuck on appeal. While nowhere close to the amount she had demanded, this may be the largest amount of money ever awarded by an American court in restitution for slavery. Wood went on to live until 1912"--
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Writing style
Award
Pulitzer Prize for History, 2020.
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Provided by publisher
Biography type
individual biography
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
10807420
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N$T
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1979-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
McDaniel, W. Caleb
Dewey number
306.3/62092
Index
index present
LC call number
E444.W815
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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True
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  • Wood, Henrietta
  • Wood, Henrietta
  • Slaves
  • Women slaves
  • Freedmen
  • Trials (Kidnapping)
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • Freedmen
  • Slaves
  • Trials (Kidnapping)
  • Women slaves
  • Kentucky
  • Ohio
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a true story of slavery and restitution in America
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Sweet taste of liberty : a true story of slavery and restitution in America, W. Caleb McDaniel
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Copyright
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unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The crossing -- Touseytown -- Down river -- Ward's return -- Cincinnati -- The plan -- The flight -- Raising a muss -- Wood versus Ward -- The keeper -- Natchez -- Brandon Hall -- Versailles -- Revolution -- The march -- Arthur -- Robertson County -- Dawn and doom -- Nashville -- A rather interesting case -- Story of a slave -- The verdict
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource (1 volume)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780190846992
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unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
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5bc147ae-4c40-426a-8a1e-9bbbe8f269ea
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not applicable
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unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1110183789
Label
Sweet taste of liberty : a true story of slavery and restitution in America, W. Caleb McDaniel
Link
Publication
Copyright
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The crossing -- Touseytown -- Down river -- Ward's return -- Cincinnati -- The plan -- The flight -- Raising a muss -- Wood versus Ward -- The keeper -- Natchez -- Brandon Hall -- Versailles -- Revolution -- The march -- Arthur -- Robertson County -- Dawn and doom -- Nashville -- A rather interesting case -- Story of a slave -- The verdict
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (1 volume)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780190846992
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
5bc147ae-4c40-426a-8a1e-9bbbe8f269ea
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1110183789

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