Editor’s note: The Cincinnati Herald has received reprint rights from Smithsonian magazine for the following introduction to a fascinating story about a slave woman who lived in Cincinnati and received reparations. Readers are encouraged to read the full article at https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/henrietta-wood-sued-reparations-won-180972845/. By W. Caleb McDaniel On April 17, 1878, 12 white jurors entered a federal courtroom in Cincinnati to deliver the verdict in a now-forgotten lawsuit about American slavery. The plaintiff […]