In addition to being a slave trader and the kidnapper of Henrietta Wood (which we heard about in our last episode), Kentuckian Zebulon Ward made a fortune as a pioneer of the convict leasing system, which, through a loophole in the 13th Amendment, continued slavery by another name for decades after the Civil War.
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Episode Nine: Facing the Past
Episode Seven: Henrietta Wood
Episode Six: Lost Cause
Episode Five: Aftermath
Episode Four: The Civil War
Episode Three: Recovering History
Episode Two: Sold Down the River
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