In 1870, a Black woman sued her enslaver for reparations and won

Voices of Color In 1870, a Black woman sued her enslaver for reparations and won Christine Jean-Baptiste 2024-02-04T11:58:01Z Share icon An curved arrow pointing right. Share Facebook Icon The letter F. Facebook Email icon An envelope. It indicates the ability to send an email. Email Twitter icon A stylized bird with an open mouth, tweeting. Twitter LinkedIn icon The word “in”. LinkedIn Link icon An image of a chain link. It symobilizes a website link url. Copy Link Save Article Icon A bookmark Save Read in app Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. A man holds a sign as the Reparations Task Force meets to hear public input on reparations at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Carolyn Cole/Getty Images Redeem now A Black woman once sued her enslaver and won in front of an all-white jury. Her story is one of the few victories in the history of reparations in America. There has been more vocal support for reparations in recent years, but little action. Advertisement Henrietta Wood was born into slavery to the Tousey family in Kentucky between 1818 and 1820. About a decade later, she was sold for $700...