Caleb McDaniel’ book “Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America” won the 2020 Pulitzer history prize, recounting the story of former slave Henrietta Wood.

Henrietta Wood was freed from slavery in 1848 only to be kidnapped in 1853 by her employer and sold back into bondage. After she was emancipated a second time, Wood successfully sued her kidnapper, winning $2,500, the largest financial settlement for slavery restitution in U.S. history.

Guest:

Caleb McDaniel – Historian, author, 2020 Pulitzer Prize winner; professor of history at Rice University

Publication:

Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America, by Caleb McDaniel(Oxford University Press, 2019)

Producer – Isabelle Summerson