Celia’s defense “challenged the role of white man as the protector of women within southern society

Melton McLaurin notes that the Celia’s defense “challenged the role of white man as the protector of women within southern society . . .[and] challenged the concept of male honor, a crucial element of the South’s social system.” What does Celia’s story and “the sexual politics of slavery” have to say about antebellum families and women generally? ‘