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Name:    Scypion, Catchie
Profession:  None
Category:  African-American Experience, Human and Social Services
Description:    Celeste and Catiche Scypion were two Indian-African women held as slaves by St. Louis families. They fought a 30-year legal battle for their freedom based on the fact that Spanish colonial administrators declared Indian slavery illegal.


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Celeste and Catiche Scypion were two Indian-African women held as slaves by St. Louis families. They fought a 30-year legal battle for their freedom based on the fact that Spanish colonial administrators declared Indian slavery illegal. Their long, but successful struggle encouraged others in slavery to use the courts if they could see a legal way out.



Reference
In Her Place: A Guide to St. Louis Women's History
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