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That southern white women would or would not have supported a confederacy. Her talk is about one hour and 15 minutes. Prof. Silber we started talking about the beginning of the movement of womens right. Saying,men, as i was were usually on the margins, i would say, of the womens writes movements. We talked about search on her truth, andjourner Harriet Jacobs also had contact with a number of womens writes activists, rights but she was also very critical of white suffragists and often made the point that they did not fully recognize the way that race had created, you know, kind of a distinct set of obstacles for black women. I think somebody in our debate made exactly that point in our discussion. So we are to talk about that in a couple of weeks. About jacob to talk herself, the narrative she composed, and i think as you know, she wrote about narrative under the name of linda brent. Also changed the name of a number of people in t ....
In her court case. Is about an hour and 20 minutes. Today we will continue the discussion we were having, particularly the experiences of slave women. Look at thence to case of Harriet Jacobs, one of the best remembered of the slave narratives. Us to thatoduces 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 to discuss jacobs in relation to todays case, celia. We also talked about wpa narratives and the extent to which some issues, including Sexual Violence violence generally, and Sexual Violence in particular was rather muted in the slave narratives. Toe we have the opportunity take another pass at this question, to try to see this dimension of slavery through the ....
Until she is how old . Do you remember . Anybody . 14 years old, right . She is 14 years old when she first appears to us. She is, as we come to understand woman inng in slaved Central Missouri and she is purchased by robert newsom, a small farmer in the county of callaway, the town of fulton in missouri. He purchases celia, and almost from the very moment of that encounter, our story is framed because we learn celia is very soon sexually assaulted, some say even in the journey back to fulton, but certainly very quickly after they arrived at his farm. What is this place to which celia had come . We know that he is a recent widower. In his household are his. Hildren, who are now adults his daughters, as well as a grandson. Newsom is a small farmer. This is not a plantation setting. This is not a large scale enterprise. At most in 1850, he owned five enslaved people in addition to celia. By 1860, he will own just celia and one oth ....
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 to ....