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Running a Thousand Miles from Freedom: The Victimization of Women In Slavery
Ellen Craft was born to Maria, a slave and her owner, Major James Smith, in Clinton, Georgia. At a young age, Ellen was separated from her mother (Craft 2). In Running a Thousand Miles from Freedom, William Craft states that the mere thought of her (Ellen) ever becoming the mother of a child, to linger out a miserable existence under the wretched system ....
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.... while traveling, Ellen was seated next to a friend of her owner, who knew her from childhood. To avoid him, she looked out of the window and played deaf (Craft 43).
Even though Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom highlights the victimization of females in slavery, it is told from a males prospective. It also only touches the surface of the condition. Harriet Jacobs allows readers to see the condition from the female point of view. Giving insight about how male slave narrato ....
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