# How does Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom develop the theme of Dehumanization of Slavery?

> Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom by William Craft

## Answer

Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom by William Craft develops Dehumanization of Slavery across the chapters the companion marks for this theme.

The narrative repeatedly emphasizes how slaves are treated as chattels, deprived of legal rights, and subjected to brutal practices like family separation and sale, reducing human beings to property.

Slavery reduces humans to chattel; the Crafts are deprived of legal rights, earnings, and family bonds.

The use of infantilizing terms like 'boy' and 'girl' for enslaved adults underscores their dehumanization.

## Evidence

- [running-a-thousand-miles-for-freedom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/running_a_thousand_miles_for_freedom_se/chapters/running-a-thousand-miles-for-freedom.md): Slavery reduces humans to chattel; the Crafts are deprived of legal rights, earnings, and family bonds.
- [endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/running_a_thousand_miles_for_freedom_se/chapters/endnotes.md): The use of infantilizing terms like 'boy' and 'girl' for enslaved adults underscores their dehumanization.

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