Books by Caleb McDaniel
Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America
by Caleb McDaniel
🏆 Winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for History
Sweet Taste of Liberty tells the story of Henrietta Wood, an enslaved woman who was granted her liberty in 1848 but was tricked and kidnapped and had to fight for her liberty once again. What's interesting is that Caleb McDaniel, a historian at Rice University, is able to tell her story partly in her own voice, by means of interviews that she gave. After the American Civil War, Wood sued her kidnapper successfully. She received only a fraction of the money she asked for but, according to McDaniel, the award "remains the largest known sum ever granted by a U.S. court in restitution for slavery."
Interviews where books by Caleb McDaniel were recommended
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No Right to An Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era
by Jacqueline Jones -
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Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power
by Jefferson Cowie -
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Cuba: An American History
by Ada Ferrer -
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Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America
by Nicole Eustace -
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Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America
by Marcia Chatelain -
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Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America
by Caleb McDaniel
Pulitzer Prize-Winning History Books
Pulitzer Prize-Winning History Books
Every year, the Pulitzer Prize jury awards $15,000 to a “distinguished and appropriately documented book on the history of the United States.” We’ve compiled a guide to the winning books since the turn of the millennium.
