In this episode of History You Should Know, we learn about two important women and the significance of their court cases. Celia, an enslaved Black woman who was convicted of murdering her slave owner, and Joan Little, the first woman in US history to be acquitted after using deadly force to resist sexual assault.

Learn more:

• Missouri v. Celia, a Slave

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