HIS 184 Lecture 3: Race, Sex and violence in the South
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April 19, 2016 krace, sex and violence in the south. Sexuality was a tool utilized for the benefit of white people to control minorities. Hannah rosen stated that being a white men during the salve regime was the possibility of sexually violating black people without consequence. Antebellum laws excluded female slaves from the legal definition of who could be raped: what came with marriage which wasn"t legally possibly for slaves was patriarchal protection. State of missouri v celia: celia was 14 when she was purchased by robert newson, a widow. He raped her on the day he purchased her and only stopped raping her 4 years later after she killed him. Celia, already had 2 of his kids and was pregnant when she killed him. She had a relationship with george, a slave on the plantation, who encouraged her to stop newson"s advances.
