The 1855 Murder Case of Missouri Versus Celia, an Enslaved Woman: An Exercise in Historical Imagination

This book reconstructs on of America's most mysterious murders and most poignant micarriages of justice. It pieces together the probable sequence of events that erupted in the brutal murder of Robert Newsom and the mistrial that condemned Celia to death by hanging; it reveals the motives and identity of the most likely murderer and explains what might have motivated Celia's incredible confession.