The mid19th Century Court case of celia, a female slave who killed her owner after repeated Sexual Assaults. Looks at the involvement of her fellow slaves and owners white neighbors in her court case. This is about an hour and 20 minutes. Today we will continue the discussion we were having, that we began a couple weeks ago, talking about the history of slavery, and in particular, the experiences of slave women. We already had a chance to look at the case of Harriet Jacobs, one of the best remembered of the slave narratives. There, jacobs introduces us to that dimension of slavery that is exemplified, and we might say central to the experience of slave women and that is Sexual Violence. We will come back a little bit to talk about jacobs in comparison to our case today, that of celia. We also talked about wpa narratives, and one of the things we noticed is the extent to which some issues, including Sexual Violence violence generally, and Sexual Violence in particular was rather muted i
And follow us on twitter. Next on American History tv. Lectures in history. Next, university of michigan that are that jones talks about a female slave who killed her owner after repeated Sexual Assaults. The class discusses the options she may have had and looks at involvement of her fellow slaves and white neighbors in the course case. This is an hour and 20 minutes. Today we began the discussion we started a couple of weeks ago and in particular. Enslaved women. We have already had a chance to look at the case of oh Harriet Jacobs, one of the best remembered of the slave narratives. Jacobs introduced us, if you will to the dimension of slavery thats especially illustrated, exemplified. We might say central to the experience of slave women. Thats Sexual Violence. Well come back a little bit to talk about jacobs in comparison to our case today that of celia. We have also looked at the wpa narratives. One of the things we noticed about those narratives is you will recall the extent to
American history tv. Next, professor martha jones talked about the mid19th Century Court case of celia, a female slave who killed her master after repeated Sexual Assaults. The class discusses what options she may have had, and the involvement of her fellow slaves and her masters white neighbors in her court case. That is about an hour and 20 minutes. Today we will continue the discussion we were having, that we began a couple weeks ago, talking about the history of slavery, and in particular, the experiences of slave women. We already had a chance to look at the case of Harriet Jacobs, one of the best remembered of the slave narratives. There, jacobs introduces us to that dimension of slavery that is exemplified, and we might say central to the experience of slave women and that is Sexual Violence. We will come back a little bit to talk about jacobs in comparison to our case today that of celia. We also talked about wpa narratives, and one of the things we noticed is the extent to whi
Gratefulness. San jose residents honor a Fallen Police officer during two different vigils. San jose Police Officer Michael Johnson died after being shot after responding to a call on tuesday evening. Janet tells you more about last nights tributes for johnson. Doze everything of people turned out to honor officer Michael Johnson a few steps from where he was killed. The City Council Members mayor and police chief were also in attendance. They shared a few words. Afterwards this woman shook hands with the officers. She is the shooters niece. The man who shot and killed officer johnson. We just want the community to know that we do care and we are sorry. Golart his her uncle was funny and loving but he also struggled with Mental Illness and copd. On tuesday night he was on the verge of not only taking his life but his aunts, as well. He took not only his life but he also considered of taking his wifes life. They said it means a lot for so many to show solidarity at a time they need it m
Hand for cell phone despite the explanation he got a ticket. Yesterday i was going to ups again and i was in my vehicle. I got a little idea. I said heather conduct a little test. Reporter his test now up loaded on you tube replays what happened the first time around. Him driving on dakota a road with fingerers resting on the face. Last 20 seconds show him getting pulled over by the same cop who thought he was on the phone. I was completely shocked. In theirst situation it was a different set of circumstances. And which i presume well go to court and at that point a june will make a decision on that. Reporter police say they believe travis was using his phone while driving when he got served the ticket. But they add the Second Time Around it was an honest mistake. Police just wrapped up a distracted driving Awareness Campaign this month. In previous years they have happeneded out as many as 500 tickets. Give me a 300 dollar ticket make sure you are certain that im guilty. He plans to c