The Celia Project: A Research Collaboration on the History of Slavery and Sexual Violence

Dublin Core Title The Celia Project: A Research Collaboration on the History of Slavery and Sexual Violence Subject Feminism - Moral and ethical aspects Feminism in art Feminist criminology Feminism and education Feminists - United States Creator Martha S. Jones, Hannah Rosen Date 2019-05-23 Contributor Chazelle Collins Language English (en) Coverage United States Abstract The Celia Project was created by members of the University of Michigan who analyzed the history of the Missouri v. Celia case. The case covers the murder trial of Celia, an enslaved woman in the state of Missouri who killed her owner after years of sexual abuse. The project mentions the efforts made to have the case of Celia taught in college classrooms, which implies that the targeted audience of this website may be college students. This project examines the role of sexual abuse in slavery and how it has affected the perceptions of black women today. Provenance College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan Gender Studies Resource Item Type Metadata URL https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/celiaproject/ Country of Origin United States