In 1870, a Black woman sued her enslaver for reparations and won
Henrietta Wood was born into slavery. After she was freed, she sued her enslaver for $20,000 — $500 for every year she was enslaved.
Recognizing the rights of climate refugees is the first step to relocating the millions of vulnerable island-nation residents who could be displaced in the next 3 decades
While Caribbean islands have some of the lowest greenhouse-gas emissions, they're the most vulnerable to the impacts of the climate crisis.