she is, as we come to understand woman inng in slaved central missouri and she is purchased by robert newsom, a small farmer in the county of callaway, the town of fulton in missouri. he purchases celia, and almost from the very moment of that encounter, our story is framed because we learn celia is very soon sexually assaulted, some say even in the journey back to fulton, but certainly very quickly after they arrived at his farm. what is this place to which celia had come? we know that he is a recent widower. in his household are his .hildren, who are now adults his daughters, as well as a grandson. newsom is a small farmer. this is not a plantation setting. this is not a large scale enterprise. at most in 1850, he owned five enslaved people in addition to celia. by 1860, he will own just celia and one other, a man named george we will meet later. he is typical in missouri. he makes his way as a subsistence farmer, raising crops and foodstuffs for his family, but also livestock. there is some suggesttion he is also a producer -- there is some suggestion he is also a producer of whiskey. but

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