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Babo's Justice In Benito Cereno '

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Babo refuses to speak after he is taken prisoner at the end of Benito Cereno as an act of defiance against his captors. Unlike Benito, who is forced to speak by the court in the deposition, Babo demonstrates his free will and authority as the leader of the rebellion by choosing to remain silent. The court recognizes Babo not as a human being but as a slave whose value lies solely on his body. His silence shows his continued rebellion against the oppression of slavery and challenge the court’s authority over him as a man. Babo recognizes the futility in testifying the justice in his violence to a court that accepts slavery as a legal institution. Babo seems to recognize that because of his race and as property whose voice holds no valueto the

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