In this Book
- Celia, a Slave
- Book
- 2008
- Published by: University of Georgia Press
- Series: Gender and Slavery Ser.
summary
Originally published in 1991, Celia, a Slave illuminates the moral dilemmas that lie at the heart of a slaveholding society by telling the story of a young slave who was sexually exploited by her enslaver and ultimately executed for his murder. Melton A. McLaurin uses Celia’s story to reveal the tensions that strained the fabric of antebellum southern society by focusing on the role of gender and the manner in which the legal system was used to justify slavery. An important addition to our understanding of the pre–Civil War era, Celia, a Slave is also an intensely compelling narrative of one woman pushed beyond the limits of her endurance by a system that denied her humanity at the most basic level.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- p. vii
- Introduction
- pp. ix-xi
- Chapter One: BEGINNINGS
- pp. 1-13
- Chapter Two: THE CRIME
- pp. 14-32
- Chapter Three: INQUISITION
- pp. 33-52
- Chapter Four: BACKDROP
- pp. 53-67
- Chapter Five: THE TRIAL
- pp. 68-87
- Chapter Six: THE VERDICT
- pp. 88-103
- Chapter Seven: FINAL DISPOSITION
- pp. 104-115
- Chapter Eight: CONCLUSIONS
- pp. 116-122
- Bibliography
- pp. 137-144
Additional Information
ISBN
9780820362502
Related ISBN(s)
9780820313528, 9780820341590
MARC Record
OCLC
835420972
Pages
160
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2008