Celia: A Slave At the time slavery took place in the US, a devastating situation placed society to an intense debate and a fight between morality and tradition. Celia as the victim of this scenario will be the figure of sexual exploitation of owner and slave that will question the limits of property and morality. ... Female slaves were not protected by the law from sexual exploitation by white men, as white women did. ... There were no actual law that recognize the rape of a black women. ... It would have interfered to some degree with what owners saw as proper...

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It was now a separate country with its own economy, laws, and government. ... The North feared that the South could then pass pro-slavery laws against their objections, and defeat any further laws restricting the spread of slavery. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

According to Howard Jones in the book Race on Trial, "Black people had brought suit on behalf of their rights as human beings and, whether on the basis of law or morality, went freeIf they [blacks] found equality before the courts, the momentum would develop for their achieving the same status outside the courts. Once people of color could claim equal protection under the law, they would predictably use their civil rights victory to help undermine the institution of slavery" (Jones, p. 25) Howard's prediction is correct. ... Black males are pulled over often, along with Mexica...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

No state had the power to control trade among the different states, and there was no way to carry out the laws that congress passed or to bring justice to anyone who would not obey these laws (Hauptly 16). ...

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