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On #juneteenth, while watching #HR40 hearings, I'm thinking of Henrietta Wood. Still enslaved in TX on June 19, 1865, she later won $2500 in a lawsuit against a former owner, the largest known sum ever awarded by a US court in restitution for slavery. global.oup.com/academic/product/sweet-taste-of-liberty-9780190846992