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Celia, a Slave
by Project Muse, McLaurin, Melton Alonza
fromBook collections on Project MUSE
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Type: Book
Discusses the trial in 1855 of eighteen-year-old slave Celia for the murder of her sexually abusive master Robert Newsom in Missouri.
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…