Summary Of Celia A Slave

In the book Celia, A Slave, the author, Melton A. McLaurin explains the story of Celia’s life while providing background information on the issue of slavery during the late 1800s and the abolition movement. In 1850, a farmer named Robert Newsom bought Celia, a teenage slave. Robert purchases Celia after his wife dies, because he has the desire for a sexual partner. Robert continues on for years raping Celia, but because she is property, she does not have legal rights to refuse him. A few years pass and Celia forms a relationship with another slave named George. Celia is put in a critical situation when she finds out she is pregnant, but does not know who the father is. George comes to find out about Celia’s affair with Robert and threatens