Jessica Buhler ~ “Celia, A Slave”

In a novel I read called Celia, A Slave by Melton Alonza McLaurin, I found myself questioning how people that believed in God could allow Celia to be rapped and used by her master and then punished for protecting herself by killing her him. The novel talks about her case and what happened in the court rooms, but that is besides the point I am trying to make and understand. How could the humans in general allow such a sad thing to happen? Most of the owners of slaves back then owned bibles because they could read so I do not understand how they could treat one another the way they did. Slaves did nothing wrong and just because of their skin color they were targeted and viewed as different and people of low values. I know I would not like to be viewed that way so I could understand why most of them would try and run away. They would run into the wilderness and once far enough from their masters they would feel free there. I think it is safe to say the wilderness for a slave was like sacred ground that they were not allowed to tread upon because if they did they were consider runaways and would get severely punished for it. So if the bible teaches humans to love one another regardless of skin color then why would slave owners decided not to follow what the bible said. I just feel like back then people were definitely more religious and it makes no sense to me how today when people are not as religious clearly see that slavery is wrong and immoral.