Selfdefense selfdefense. The argument is that celia while she killed newsom, did so defending herself against newsoms commission of a felony, the felony of rape or defilement in missouri. Here the statute that is key to determining whether or not celia was in fact in imminent fear of being raped. Lets read it together. Every person who shall take any woman flauflunlawfully and by force, menace or duress compel her to marry him or to marry any other person, or to be defiled, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprizsonment in the pen penitentiary for not less than five years. Any woman unlawfully against her will. How do you read this as applies to celia . That makes assumption that the woman in question has will in fact. I know that as a slave that they are no such will exists and i think thats why the court did not recognize herself defense claim. Good. So it is any woman against her will. I think one of the key questions here that the court must implicitly resolve for itse
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
That a local judges interpretation of the law, the powerful role that plays in determining celias fate. Recall, her lawyers have attempted to e introduce evidence that celia while she killed newsome, is not guilty of first degree murder. An individual who happeneds him immi or herself of the imminent victory of a felony to be in the imminent fear of bodily harm has the right to respond to that in self defense. The argument is that celia se while she killed nusome did in ment so in rape or defilement. The key to determining whether rm or notin celia was infact in imminent fear of being raped. Lets read it together. Every person who shall take any n who woman unlawfully against her will, force, menace or duress, nd by compel her to marry him, any other person to be defiled, upon conviction thereof should be f, imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than three or exceeding five years. What are the key words here for our consideration . Any woman, unlawfully against her will. How do you r
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