Slaves and their Fathers

This topic of Slaves and their fathers was not really brought up that much in class this week so I would like to take the opportunity to voice my opinion about this matter. In the short story " The Mulatto" by Victor Sejour it discussed the situation a slave who happened to be a mixed race of black and white which would be considered a mulatto grew up not knowing his father who happened to be the father of such slave. As the slave grew he still had this strange bond with his master/ father but was forbidden to know who his father was. The first thought that came to my mind was, what would it feel like knowing a child was yours but not accepting him/her because of its race? I can only speak from opinion when i say wouldn't it be a strange feeling to know your son or daughter as a slave but not accepting them because of that fact. It also made me think of the short story "Clotell" where a white man sells his daughter into slavery because he did not want to be bothered with her mulatto mother anymore. I find that truly ridiculous in both stories although, i am fully aware that this was during the time of slavery.

While continuing on with the story "The Mulatto" the slave who happens to be the son of this white master keeps his bond and doesn't let anything break it. Later on he finds out that his master is to be killed and does everything in his will to protect him. But, his master runs believing that he is the killer until his cowardice emotions are killed by the sounds of shots. One would think that would be the trusting point between this slave and his master but no, Alfred the master decides to rape Georges' (the slave) wife. That was the true breaking point for me. At that point when i think of slave owners as fathers of slave i think of savages people who have no moral standards at all. I mean this slave had saved this unworthy mans wife and how do you repay him... You try to rape his wife. I truly have no respect for them. It seems as if he had no feelings that he was saved and was the father of this man. But when Georges get his revenge and decides to slaughter his family in return for the death of his wife he acknowledges him as his son. That got me the most out of this whole story the fact that he was able to show that he was related when he was going to die. I saw that as a true cowardly emotion. However, I personally would not care if he was the father at that point because he made this mans life a horrible one.