Celia, a slave
This play is based on the trial transcript and court records from The State of Missouri vs. Celia, a Slave #4496, Callaway County Court, Fulton Township, Missouri, 1855; the trial of eighteen-year-old slave, Celia, for the murder of her sexually abusive master Robert Newsom. The play is a tableau of interviews with the dead.
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- Full title :Celia, a slave / Melton A. McLaurin.
Summary
This play is based on the trial transcript and court records from The State of Missouri vs. Celia, a Slave #4496, Callaway County Court, Fulton Township, Missouri, 1855; the trial of eighteen-year-old slave, Celia, for the murder of her sexually abusive master Robert Newsom. The play is a tableau of interviews with the dead.
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- Publication Date:©1991.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Georgia Press
- Place of Publication:Athens
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1991.
The Physical Object
- Description:xi, 148 pages ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0820313521, 9780820313528, 9780380803361, 0380803364
- oclc:ocm22733042
- LC Classification:KF223.C43
- Dewey Decimal:345.73/02523
Table of Contents
Beginnings -- The crime -- Inquisition -- Backdrop -- The trial -- The verdict -- Final disposition -- Conclusions.
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