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Lectures in History

Female Slaves and the Law

Lectures in History

C-SPAN

History, Politics, News

4.1696 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2020

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Professor Martha Jones talked about the mid-19th century court case of Celia, a female slave who killed her master after repeated sexual assaults. Topics included what options Celia may have had, and the involvement of her fellow slaves and her master’s white neighbors in her court case. This episode may contain content that is sensitive to some listeners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is American History TV's Lectures in History podcast.

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This week, a class on the mid-19th century court case of Celia,

1:07.5

a female slave who killed her master after repeated sexual assaults.

1:13.6

It's taught by University of Michigan professor Martha Jones. This episode was recorded in 2014.

1:21.6

But today we're going to continue the discussion that we began a couple of weeks ago, talking about the history of slavery, and in particular, the experiences of enslaved women.

1:29.6

We've already had a chance to look at the case of Harriet Jacobs, one of the best remembered

1:36.4

of the slave narratives. There, Jacobs introduced us, if you will, to that dimension of slavery that is especially

1:48.0

illustrated, exemplified, and we might say central to the experience of slave women, and that is

1:54.5

sexual violence. And we'll come back a little bit to talk about Jacobs in comparison to our case today, that of Celia.

2:03.3

We've also looked at the WPA narratives, and one of the things we noticed about those

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