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Dehumanization of Slavery

How Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom develops Dehumanization of Slavery.

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.

Where it surfaces

Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom
Slavery reduces humans to chattel; the Crafts are deprived of legal rights, earnings, and family bonds.
Endnotes
The use of infantilizing terms like 'boy' and 'girl' for enslaved adults underscores their dehumanization.