Celia, a slave

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Discusses the trial in 1855 of eighteen-year-old slave Celia for the murder of her sexually abusive master Robert Newsom in Missouri.

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Title Statements

Full title :Celia, a slave / Melton A. McLaurin.

Summary

Discusses the trial in 1855 of eighteen-year-old slave Celia for the murder of her sexually abusive master Robert Newsom in Missouri.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1991

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Georgia Press
Place of Publication:Athens
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1991

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xi, 148 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780820341590, 0820341592, 128311058X, 9781283110587
oclc:ocn835420972
LC Classification:KF223.C43
Dewey Decimal:345.73/02523

Beginnings -- The crime -- Inquisition -- Backdrop -- The trial -- The verdict -- Final disposition -- Conclusions.

Subjects

Celia États-Unis (Sud) -- Conditions morales HISTORY -- 19th Century. -- United Stat… LAW -- Criminal Law Missouri -- Callaway County Moral conditions Mord Prozess Sexueller Missbrauch Sklavin Slavernij Slavery Slavery -- Southern States Southern States Southern States -- Moral conditions Trials (Murder) Trials (Murder) -- Missouri Trials, litigation, etc USA -- Südstaaten