Celia, A Slave: The True Crime Case that Rocked the American Slave Power

Subscribe on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dig-a-history-podcast/id1271238763 http://www.digpodcast.org Today, we’re talking about a very real murder that was committed by a very real woman who lived in Missouri in the 1850s. But while this murder had all the elements that make for a flashy and exciting true crime story – sex, rape, murder, dramatic court room scenes – it is a very different kind of true crime tale and must be understood within its historical context. This is the case of Celia, an enslaved woman in 1850s America, and based on the work of  historian Melton McLaurin in Celia, A Slave.