In the 1850s slaves were generally used for forced labor on plantations and once the "owner" no longer needed them he would sell them, which would force the slave to leave their family and it was usually a goodbye and a see you later. Being a slave you had no idea what would happen to you. You could be punished one minute and the next minute you could be sold to another plantation. In this essay I will explain the crimes committed by both Nat Turner and Celia and make a recommendation as to which ones should not be executed. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay Nat Turner was born into slavery in Virginia's Deep South, in Southhampton. Nat grew up in a typical slave life. He had little freedom, could not marry, vote, own property or earn money. Nat was a spiritual leader to his fellow slaves on his plantation in his twenties. Turner had a vision: "I saw white spirits and black spirits engaged in battle..." Nat Turner thought that God was giving him a vision saying that he should make an insurrection, revolt or battle against the authority or the government. Turner lived with the Travis family who he said were kind hosts and gave him great self-confidence. However, on the night the Travis family had dinner with Nat after everyone had gone to sleep, Nat and the other fellow slaves came in and killed them. Nat Turner, Henry, and Will, fellow slaves, went from plantation to plantation and killed their white families, including women and children. Age and gender were to be spared through this revolt. Turner was determined to begin his journey to Jerusalem. Nat had a group of fifty or sixty fellow slaves, all on horseback and armed with guns, axes, swords, and clubs. As they proceeded to the house of Mr. James W. Parker they were met by a party of white men who had fired upon those at the gate and dispersed them. Turner and his men all formed up and stopped at Turner's command and the white men started walking towards them, eighteen to be exact, and one of them fired at the Captain's command. “I scratched myself. Hole under a pile of fences in a field, where I hid for six weeks...". Nat Turner decided to hide and leave only a few minutes at a time to fetch water. He was soon captured and taken to prison and tried. Now also Celia who was bought by Robert Newsom when she was fourteen. Robert bought it because his wife had died and he needed a new sexual partner. The same night he bought her, he rapes her. In the book, Celia, a Slave states: “Modern research indicates that rape victims experience a variety of responses; fear, anger, an overwhelming sense of violation, sometimes helplessness and loss of self-esteem. Celia began having an affair with Robert for about five years but also began having an affair with another slave, George. She soon became pregnant but did not know who the father was. George gave her an ultimatum that she had to stop talking to Robert or he would stop talking to her. ignore his warnings. She started hitting him and then burned his body to hide the evidence because she knew what would happen to her if anyone found out that she had killed her "master". They eventually found out and she would be tried for the murder of her "master". Celia's lawyer, Jameson, presented a defense on how Celia could legally defend herself from rape. Jameson also uses witnesses to provide evidence that Celia was sexually assaulted by Robert Newsom...”