# Dehumanization of Slavery in Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom

> Theme guide for Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom by William Craft.

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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/running_a_thousand_miles_for_freedom_se/chapters/running-a-thousand-miles-for-freedom): 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): The use of infantilizing terms like 'boy' and 'girl' for enslaved adults underscores their dehumanization.

## Links

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