The 1855 murder case of Missouri versus Celia, an enslaved woman : an exercise in historical imagination /

This book reconstructs the conviction of a slave girl found guilty of beating and burning to death her owner, the man who fathered her three children. The political climate of pre-Civil War Missouri did not favor justice for an enslaved girl who confessed to murdering her owner, even though those ac...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brooks De Vita, Alexis
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Enslaved women > Missouri > Fiction.
Slaveholders > Crimes against > Fiction.
Femmes esclaves > Missouri > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Propriétaires d'esclaves > Crimes contre > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
FICTION > General.
Enslaved women
Missouri > History > 19th century > Fiction.
Missouri
Historical fiction
Fiction
Legal stories.
Historical fiction.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This book reconstructs the conviction of a slave girl found guilty of beating and burning to death her owner, the man who fathered her three children. The political climate of pre-Civil War Missouri did not favor justice for an enslaved girl who confessed to murdering her owner, even though those acquainted with the case believed she could not have committed the deed.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (v, 324 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-324).
ISBN:9780773411203
0773411208

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