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Celia, A slave, is a book published in February 1, 1999, written by Melton A. Mclaurin.
This book tells us an incredible history about what happened to slaves in colonial times and how white men treated people with discrimination, desigual and disrespectful where law was often modified in order to benefits white people. Celia was only fifteen years old when she got owned by a man named Newson. A person Owned by another person? Yes, sadly, this is what black people experienced in colonial times. In addition to this, Celia got raped several times by this men. It was not much later on that she got accused for committing a serious crime which led her to jailing and going through legal processes to fight for her allegation of being guilty. While been in prison, she gave birth to her there baby. Mclaurin was her lawyer defensor that tried to help her through all celia's trial. After the trial and all the testimony of witness, Hell judge that conducted celia's case gave his last speech as it follows “The jury had no choice but to arrive at one verdict” (101). But what was that serious crime that she committed if she was only fifteen years old? Was she really guilty or innocent? Want to find out Celia ending? In this book we will learn and investigate more about the injustices that white …show more content…
In 1819, Newsom immigrated from Virginia along with his wife and two children's. Upon his arrival he started to work as a farmer along with some slaves that he had acquired. In this chapter it also introduces us another men named John jameson who also played an important role in Celia's life as her defensor (lawyer). Jameson emigrated from from Kentucky in 1825. He worked as a lawyer in county, Missouri; however, eventually he acquired a position of minister in the
Celia, A slave, is a book published in February 1, 1999, written by Melton A. Mclaurin.
This book tells us an incredible history about what happened to slaves in colonial times and how white men treated people with discrimination, desigual and disrespectful where law was often modified in order to benefits white people. Celia was only fifteen years old when she got owned by a man named Newson. A person Owned by another person? Yes, sadly, this is what black people experienced in colonial times. In addition to this, Celia got raped several times by this men. It was not much later on that she got accused for committing a serious crime which led her to jailing and going through legal processes to fight for her allegation of being guilty. While been in prison, she gave birth to her there baby. Mclaurin was her lawyer defensor that tried to help her through all celia's trial. After the trial and all the testimony of witness, Hell judge that conducted celia's case gave his last speech as it follows “The jury had no choice but to arrive at one verdict” (101). But what was that serious crime that she committed if she was only fifteen years old? Was she really guilty or innocent? Want to find out Celia ending? In this book we will learn and investigate more about the injustices that white …show more content…
In 1819, Newsom immigrated from Virginia along with his wife and two children's. Upon his arrival he started to work as a farmer along with some slaves that he had acquired. In this chapter it also introduces us another men named John jameson who also played an important role in Celia's life as her defensor (lawyer). Jameson emigrated from from Kentucky in 1825. He worked as a lawyer in county, Missouri; however, eventually he acquired a position of minister in the