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Celia: Lynching a 19 yr old enslaved mother; 21 Dec 1855, Fulton, Missouri Posted: December 21st, 2007, 3:36pm EST by Marian Douglas
Today marks one hundred and fifty-two years since the Friday, 21 December execution by hanging of Celia. She was an enslaved 19 year-old, a Black American single mother whose crime in the state of Missouri was to have killed Robert...