Celia, a Slave

In response to the allegations, the defense tried to show that a female slave should have the right to protect herself from abuse by any means, from all types of abuse. The court refused to instruct the jury on this point because even free white women did not have the right to say “No” to their own husbands, with regard to sexual intercourse. How could they justify allowing a slave woman to say “No” to her master? The female slaves

were the property of their masters and therefore had to submit to their desires regardless of how they felt about towards the owner.

The author’s argument states that regardless of color, slavery puts human beings in specific situations that “Forced them to make and act upon personal decisions of a fundamentally moral nature”. In other words, what he was trying to say is that slavery forces people to sometimes take drastic measures in order to protect their morals

The defense’s first witness was a well-known Doctor in Fulton, James Martin, who was sympathetic to Celia’s case. Celia’s attorney was trying to establish that Celia did not act alone, but could not anyone to agree with him. The judge and the prosecuting attorney objected to the questions asked by the defense repeatedly and Celia’s attorney was exhausting his efforts. A critical point for the defense was that throughout the slave states the law gave a slave the right “to use force to rebuke physical attacks that threatened ones life and Celia’s defense was finally able to establish, to the jurors, that Celia acted in self-defense. Celia’s attorney believed Celia to be morally innocent.

The appointed jury consisted of twelve white men, they were all fathers, and five of them had daughters around Celia’s age. Celia’s attorney tried to establish that there was no motive, only self-defense. The witnesses for the prosecution were vague in their answers when put on the witness stand, and it was difficult asking most of them about Robert Newsom’s sexual behavior. Celia’s attorney was trying to establish that sexual abuse towards his client was the crime, not her defending herself.

and beliefs. Today, all people have rights to protect themselves from abuse.

When I think of the way the black slaves were treated, it reminds me of the constitution where it states that “all people are created equal, and there should be freedom and justice for all. I felt like the author was trying to show the people of today, what it must have been like in the life of a slave woman. The injustice that was done to them was unfair. After all, Robert Newsom, to replace the affections of his deceased wife, purchased Celia as a “love interest”. He did provide a nicer home for her than most slave women ha

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