This story shows that the government is corrupt because it shows an unfair process, racism, being held against your will and not recognizing the right to practice self-defense. Lena was a 44-year-old African American woman living in Randolph County, Georgia. She was disadvantaged, meaning all she knew was hard work and the knowledge that she was living in poverty and desperation. Lena met Knight, who was a 23-year-old Caucasian male her age, drank heavily, and often carried a gun, because he had hired her as his assistant while he was recovering from a broken leg. Knight and Baker began to develop a sexual relationship. Over time Lena grew tired of being away from her family for long periods of time and Knight did not approve of her leaving him. To prevent Lena from leaving him, Knight took Lena to his gritsmil and locked her there and she became his slave. Baker had told Knight that she had left and gone into the woods and spent the night there so that Knight would not follow her, but that morning as she was returning to her house Knight cornered her and took her to the mill while going to church. Lena kept coming back to Knight after all the warning the sheriff had given to stay away from him because she was afraid of physical abuse from Knight as he would hit her for trying to leave. Knight