In 1776 werd in de Republiek een wet aangenomen die uitsluitend gold voor zwarte en gekleurde mensen die als slaven naar Nederland kwamen. Hoe en waarom gebeurde dit? Wat betekende dat voor deze mensen en hun dagelijks leven? Op basis van een grote en grotendeels onontgonnen hoe…
For review see: Chris Abel, in Journal of Latin American Studies, vol. 20, part 2 (November 1988); p. 457-458.
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…
In the popular mind, Texas conjures up images of the Old West and freedom of the range. Campbell reminds us that Texas grew from Southern roots entangled in human bondage. By the Civil War, Texas had a slave area equal to Alabama and Mississippi and a slave population comparable…
In the popular mind, Texas conjures up images of the Old West and freedom of the range. Campbell reminds us that Texas grew from Southern roots entangled in human bondage. By the Civil War, Texas had a slave area equal to Alabama and Mississippi and a slave population comparable…
