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She sued her enslaver for reparations and won. Her descendants never knew. Sydney Trent, The Washington Post Feb. 24, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5Danielle Blackman, a descendant of Henrietta Wood, holds a photo of Arthur Simms Jr and his sister Neata, Wood s grandchildren.photo for The Washington Post by Julie Bennett.Show MoreShow Less 2of5Gerard Brandon, one of the largest slaveholders in the South, bought Henrietta Wood and took her to his house, Brandon Hall, on the Natchez Trace.Library of Congress.Show MoreShow Less 3of5 4of5Danielle Blackman, a descendant of Henrietta Wood, near her home in Pensacola, Fla.,photo for The Washington Post by Julie Bennett,Show MoreShow Less

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