A True Story of Justice and Reparations
Twice Enslaved, Once Victorious: The True Story of Henrietta
Henrietta Wood lived through the unimaginable—enslaved not once, but twice. Yet she refused to be silenced. After finally gaining her freedom on Juneteenth, 1865, Henrietta took her kidnapper to court…and won the largest sum ever awarded as reparations for slavery in the United States.
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Twice Enslaved: Liberty and Justice For Henrietta Wood
A lyrical middle grade non-fiction account of the tragic but ultimately triumphant life of Henrietta Wood, born enslaved, freed, illegally re-enslaved, and freed again on Juneteenth, who fought back in court – winning the largest reparations ever awarded a formerly enslaved person in the history of the United States.
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The Perfect Combination to Learn About The Injustices of Enslavement
In this dramatic Civil War story, a courageous enslaved fugitive teams with a cunning Union general to save a Union fort from the Confederates–and triggers the end of slavery in the United States. This is the first children's nonfiction book about a Black unsung hero who remains relevant today and to the Black Lives Matter movement.
On the night Virginia secedes from the Union, three enslaved men approach Fortress Monroe. Knowing that Virginia's secession meant they would be separated from their families and sent farther south to work for the Confederacy, the men decided to plead for sanctuary. And they were in luck.
The fort's commander, Benjamin Butler, retained them--and many more that followed--by calling them "contraband of war." Butler depended on the contrabands to provide information about the Confederates. He found the perfect partner in George Scott, one of the contrabands, whose heroism saved the fort from enemy hands. And, it was the plight of the contrabands that convinced President Lincoln that slavery MUST be abolished and inspired him to write his Emancipation Proclamation, ending slavery in the rebellious states.
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