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Celia (c. 1835 - December 21, 1855) was a slave found guilty of the first-degree murder of Robert Newsom, her master, in Callaway County, Missouri.Her defense team, led by John Jameson, argued an affirmative defense: Celia killed Robert Newsom by accident in self-defense to stop Newsom from raping her, which was a controversial argument at the time. [2]
Callaway County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri.As of the 2020 United States Census, the county's population was 44,283. [1] Its county seat is Fulton. [2] With a border formed by the Missouri River, the county was organized November 25, 1820, and named for Captain James Callaway, grandson of Daniel Boone. [3]
State of Missouri v. Celia, a Slave was an 1855 murder trial held in the Circuit Court of Callaway County, Missouri, in which an enslaved woman named Celia was tried for the first-degree murder of her owner, Robert Newsom. Celia was convicted by a jury of twelve white men [1] and sentenced to death. An appeal of the conviction was denied by the ...
On December 23, 2006, in New Bloomfield, Missouri, 25-year-old Sarah Ann Bonnie (née Mosier; March 28, 1981 – December 23, 2006) and her 28-year-old husband Benjamin Wade Bonnie (alias Ben Bonnie; October 29, 1978 – December 23, 2006) were both shot and murdered by her 34-year-old cousin Brian Joseph Dorsey (March 21, 1972 – April 9, 2024), whom they hid at her house to help him evade ...
King Louis IX (1214–1270), King of France from 1226 until his death 987,059: 508 sq mi (1,316 km 2) Saint Louis City: 510: St. Louis: 1876: Created in 1876 when city residents voted to secede from St. Louis County: King Louis IX (1214–1270), King of France from 1226 until his death 281,754: 61.9 sq mi (160 km 2) Sainte Genevieve County: 186 ...
Jefferson Jones. Jefferson Jones (c. 1817 – 1879) was a 19th-century American army colonel. He is best known for his role in leading the secessionist Kingdom of Callaway as its king in the 1860s. The source of Jones' rank of colonel is uncertain. He does not appear on lists of officers of the United States Army, either regular or volunteer.
Little Dixie (Missouri) Coordinates: 39°N 93°W. The region of Little Dixie. Due to its vague boundaries, counties are colored according to whether they are always, generally, or occasionally included in the region, darkest to lightest. Little Dixie is a historic 13- to 17-county region along the Missouri River in central Missouri, United States.
Jefferson City, informally Jeff City, [1] is the capital of the U.S. state of Missouri.It had a population of 43,228 at the 2020 census, [8] ranking as the 16th most populous city in the state. [9]