Melton Alonza McLaurin
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East Carolina University (MA|1964)
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which a slave 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 and sentenced to death.
An appeal of the conviction was denied by the Supreme Court of Missouri in December 1855,
and Celia was hanged on December 21, 1855.
Melton A. McLaurin
July 11, 1941
Melton Alonza McLaurin received his Ph.D. in American history from the University of South Carolina
in 1967 and taught at the University of South Alabama prior to joining the UNCW department of
history as chairperson in 1977. From 1996 until 2003 he served as Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs,
retiring in 2004. He is the author or co-author of nine books and numerous articles on various aspects
of the history of the American South and race relations.… (mehr)