Celia, a sla
Southern states, social conditions
Slavery, united states
Moral conditions
Trials (Murder)
Afro-Americans
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Slavery
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In 1850, fourteen-year-old Celia became the property of Robert Newsom, a prosperous and respected Missouri farmer. For the next five years, she was cruelly and repeatedly molested by her abusive master--and bore him two children in the process. But in 1855, driven to the limits of her endurance, Cel…
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