Did Sethe Do the Right Thing?

"And if she thought anything, it was No. No. Nono. Nonono. Simple. She just flew. Collected every bit of life she had made, all the parts of her that were precious and fine and beautiful and carried, pushed, dragged, them through the veil, out, away, over there where no one could hurt them. Over there. Outside this place, where they would be safe." pg 192

Sethe was concerned about her children's safety and she figured by trying to kill them she was doing the right thing so they wouldn't have to be slaves once they grew up. She wanted the best for her children and she knew if they were to live they wouldn't have been safe. This is significant because the murder of her daughter in the 1800s was looked at as an act of self defense rather than an illegal thing to do. Although Paul D disagrees with Sethe's decisions, she knows that as a mother she did the right thing for her children, in order to protect them.