{"product_id":"celia-a-slave-paperback","title":"Celia, a Slave - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMelton a. McLaurin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDaina Ramey Berry\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eJennifer L. Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1991, \u003ci\u003eCelia, a Slave\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the moral dilemmas that lie at the heart of a slaveholding society by telling the story of a young slave who was sexually exploited by her enslaver and ultimately executed for his murder. Melton A. McLaurin uses Celia's story to reveal the tensions that strained the fabric of antebellum southern society by focusing on the role of gender and the manner in which the legal system was used to justify slavery. An important addition to our understanding of the pre-Civil War era, \u003ci\u003eCelia, a Slave\u003c\/i\u003e is also an intensely compelling narrative of one woman pushed beyond the limits of her endurance by a system that denied her humanity at the most basic level.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMELTON A. McLAURIN is history professor emeritus at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. He is writer and director of the video documentary \u003ci\u003eThe Marines of Montford Point: Fighting for Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Marines of Montford Point: America's First Black Marines\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42099564839047,"sku":"9780820360966","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/023530b463352a62f31402224e7727e4.webp?v=1732375197","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/celia-a-slave-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}