Sweet Taste Of Liberty Av W. Caleb (Mary Gibbs Jones Professor Of Humanities Mary Gibbs Jones Professor Of Humanities Rice University) Mcdaniel

Sweet Taste Of Liberty Av W. Caleb (Mary Gibbs Jones Professor Of Humanities Mary Gibbs Jones Professor Of Humanities Rice University) Mcdaniel

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for HistoryThe unforgettable saga of one enslaved woman''s fight for justice¿and reparations Born into slavery, Henrietta Wood was taken to Cincinnati and legally freed in 1848. In 1853, a Kentucky deputy sheriff named Zebulon Ward colluded with Wood''s employer, abducted her,......
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for HistoryThe unforgettable saga of one enslaved woman''s fight for justice¿and reparations Born into slavery, Henrietta Wood was taken to Cincinnati and legally freed in 1848. In 1853, a Kentucky deputy sheriff named Zebulon Ward colluded with Wood''s employer, abducted her, and sold her back into bondage. She remained enslaved throughout the Civil War, giving birth to a son in Mississippi and never forgetting who had put her in this position. By 1869, Wood had obtained her freedom for a second time and returned to Cincinnati, where she sued Ward for damages in 1870. Astonishingly, after eight years of litigation, Wood won her case: in 1878, a Federal jury awarded her $2,500. The decision stuck on appeal. More important than the amount, though the largest ever awarded by an American court in restitution for slavery, was the fact that any money was awarded at all. By the time the case was decided, Ward had become a wealthy businessmanand a pioneer of convi
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for HistoryThe unforgettable saga of one enslaved woman''s fight for justice—and reparations Born into slavery, Henrietta Wood was taken to Cincinnati and legally freed in 1848. In 1853, a Kentucky deputy sheriff named Zebulon Ward colluded with Wood''s employer, abducted her, and sold her back into bondage. She remained enslaved throughout the Civil War, giving birth to a son in Mississippi and never forgetting who had put her in this position. By 1869, Wood had obtained her freedom for a second time and returned to Cincinnati, where she sued Ward for damages in 1870. Astonishingly, after eight years of litigation, Wood won her case: in 1878, a Federal jury awarded her $2,500. The decision stuck on appeal. More important than the amount, though the largest ever awarded by an American court in restitution for slavery, was the fact that any money was awarded at all. By the time the case was decided, Ward had become a wealthy businessmanand a pioneer of convict leasing in the South. Wood''s son later became a prominent Chicago lawyer, and she went on to live until 1912. McDaniel''s book is an epic tale of a black woman who survived slavery twice and who achieved more than merely a moral victory over one of her oppressors. Above all, Sweet Taste of Liberty is a portrait of an extraordinary individual as well as a searing reminder of the lessons of her story, which establish beyond question the connections between slavery and the prison system that rose in its place.

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Oppdag historien bak "Sweet Taste Of Liberty" av W. Caleb McDaniel

Er du klar for å dykke ned i en gripende fortelling som kombinerer historie, rettferdighet og mot? "Sweet Taste Of Liberty" av W. Caleb McDaniel, professor ved Rice University, tar deg med på en reise gjennom livet til Henrietta Wood, en kvinne som kjempet for sin frihet og rettferdighet etter å ha blitt utsatt for slaveri.

En uforglemmelig saga om motstand

Boken forteller den utrolige historien om Henrietta Wood, som ble født inn i slaveri og opplevde en rekke urettferdigheter. Etter å ha blitt frigjort i 1848, ble hun kidnappet av en sheriff og solgt tilbake i slaveri. Gjennom hele borgerkrigen holdt hun fast ved sin identitet og drømmen om frihet.

  • Vinner av Pulitzer-prisen for historie: McDaniels verk er anerkjent for sin grundige forskning og gripende narrativ.
  • Kamp for rettferdighet: Henrietta Wood saksøkte sin kidnapper og vant en betydelig sum i erstatning – et historisk øyeblikk i kampen mot slaveri.
  • En påminnelse om fortiden: Boken knytter sammen fortidens urettferdigheter med dagens samfunnsproblemer, spesielt rundt fengselssystemet.

Hvorfor lese "Sweet Taste Of Liberty"?

Denne boken er ikke bare en biografi; det er et episk verk som gir leseren innsikt i de personlige kampene til en bemerkelsesverdig kvinne. McDaniel klarer å fange både de emosjonelle og juridiske aspektene ved Woods liv, noe som gjør dette til et must-read for alle som er interessert i amerikansk historie, menneskerettigheter, og kampen for rettferdighet.

Bli med på denne reisen gjennom tidene, og oppdag hvordan én kvinnes kamp kan inspirere generasjoner. "Sweet Taste Of Liberty" er mer enn bare en bok; det er et vitnesbyrd om styrke, utholdenhet og håp.

Klar til å bli inspirert? Skaff deg ditt eksemplar av "Sweet Taste Of Liberty" i dag!

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