jan 1, 1800 - Henrietta Wood
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Henrietta was enslaved in Kentucky, moved to Cincinnati, kidnapped and then re-enslaved during the Civil War. Zebulon Word filed a lawsuit for damages and lost wages of twenty thousand; federal courts handed Wood a verdict for only 2,500. To this day this is the largest federal payment by the U.S. as restitution for slavery.
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Black History 1783 to 2017
Claflin University
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