The story of Celia, A Slave highlights different social, political, and sexual outcomes that occur to slaves during this time. In Celia’s story she was a sexual partner to Robert Newsom. She was always raped by her master, until one day she murdered her master and disposed of his body by burning it. Celia’s action of killing Newsome, the “master” caused a lot of different outcomes. She had to go through trial and it was influenced by individuals that were trying to restore the personal rights for slaves with moral codes, politics and economic rights.
When Newsom purchased Celia, appearances suggested that he was looking for a servant to assists with cooking and household work. However, that was not the case, Newsom would rape the young girl. The next years of Celia’s life after being bought, her role was being Newsom’s conjugal partner. Due to being Newson’s sexual partner, she was granted certain rights, including by having her own cabin on the property close to the house. Slaves usually lived in small quarters with little privacy, but Celia had her own unique place. It was mainly to keep her away from the other slaves, and for Newsom’s night time visits. As stated “Life for Celia would entail continual sexual exploitation by her master.” . This continued for …show more content…
It demonstrated how slaves did not have any freedom at all and this affected them sexually. It was mainly to women because they were the ones that would get rape. There were also social results that demonstrate how it affected slaves. It affected slaves socially because they couldn’t do anything; they were considered property. Politically they couldn’t do anything, not the right to vote, equal rights or to speak out. The moral of the story is that the limitations and functions of the law dealing with these moral uncertainties, show the role of the gender and sexual exploitation in keeping
When Newsom purchased Celia, appearances suggested that he was looking for a servant to assists with cooking and household work. However, that was not the case, Newsom would rape the young girl. The next years of Celia’s life after being bought, her role was being Newsom’s conjugal partner. Due to being Newson’s sexual partner, she was granted certain rights, including by having her own cabin on the property close to the house. Slaves usually lived in small quarters with little privacy, but Celia had her own unique place. It was mainly to keep her away from the other slaves, and for Newsom’s night time visits. As stated “Life for Celia would entail continual sexual exploitation by her master.” . This continued for …show more content…
It demonstrated how slaves did not have any freedom at all and this affected them sexually. It was mainly to women because they were the ones that would get rape. There were also social results that demonstrate how it affected slaves. It affected slaves socially because they couldn’t do anything; they were considered property. Politically they couldn’t do anything, not the right to vote, equal rights or to speak out. The moral of the story is that the limitations and functions of the law dealing with these moral uncertainties, show the role of the gender and sexual exploitation in keeping