What I 've Observed From Celia 's Case And All The Readings Essay
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What I’ve observed from Celia’s case and all the readings for this paper is that being a woman is difficult no matter what your status or colour were, in the Antebellum period of the South. Gender dictates how you’ll live, disregarding your position in society. While our society has changed from a rigid patriarchal system of the 19th century, even today, the remnants of patriarchy persists through the way people think. Celia, like most Black slaves of her time, experienced tremendous hardships and finally seek justice through her own hands. There are many examples of female slaves being sexually abused by slave owners and documented instances where the slaves reported it and asked for help. Most often when they do, they asked for women slave owners help. Maybe they thought that these people, as women themselves would understand what they’re experiencing and be sympathetic and empathise because they are bounded by their gender and suffering. A different kind of suffering but still, something they can bond on.
I have no intention to compare and say one women suffered more than the other, nor do I have the desire to dismiss the other’s ordeals. My goal for this paper is to make readers understand that most women, regardless of colour was subjected to situations wherein some thought they couldn’t escape, no matter what, while the others took the chance to “freedom” by force. I intend to explain the living environment that resulted to these two types of mindset while giving