Celia, A Slave “Celia, A Slave,” is a book about a young slave girl who kills her slave master one night after he came into her cabin trying to solicit her for comfort and she told him no. She then proceeds to hit him and he dies. She then burns his body and makes his grandson clean the ashes. Of course Celia is found out and is hung afterwards but this case brings up questions of right and wrong for people when it comes to slavery. This was a very brutal book to read but it was very eye opening when it comes to life for a slave, especially a female and while Celia deserved to hang for murdering Robert Newsom, self-defense is always justified, because she warned Robert Newsom that if he came near her again that she would harm him. Even though…show more content… On page 30 George stated “he would have nothing more to do with her if she did not quit the old man.” George was naive in thinking that Celia could just quit her master. Also he showed a great unfaithfulness to Celia. On page 41 George gives Celia up “He informed Powell that ‘he believed the last walking [Newsom] had done was along the path, pointing to the Negro Cabin.’ While this response could have been conjecture, the few specifics contained, especially the specific reference to Celia’s cabin, strongly suggest that George had some specific knowledge of the events of the preceding night.” George apparently had an inclination to what happened and I’m going to assume that Celia told him about the murder, because how else would George know? Celia probably told this information to George in confidence since this was the man she loved and he is also the same man that gave her an ultimatum. George then betrayed Celia by giving her up and talking against her when asked. Not only that but on page 54 you see who George really cares for “in a desperate bid to insure no harm would befall himself, George fled the Newsom farm.” Not only did George turn Celia in, he ran away to protect himself since he did not think he would be safe since he was Celia’s lover. After reading this book I definitely see George as a self-preservation kind of guy. Instead of thinking of Celia’s children and how they aren’t going to have a mother after this he runs away. Not only that but it was he who put this sort of idea in her head. Celia loved George, she loved him enough to stand up to her master and defend herself against acts that were not right but were brushed aside because she was his slave. This is why George is not
