Summary Of Running A Thousand Miles For Freedom By William Craft

The institution of slavery was built on a corrupt foundation. William Craft explains in his novel that his intention is to create “a deeper abhorrence of the sinful and abominable practice of enslaving and brutifying out fellow-creatures” (24). Slavery as it is known now is a terrible practice that wrong millions of human beings, though that was not always the case. In the slave states, an entire race of powerless slaves was a social norm. Slaves were the backbone that built American society, and the institution thrived – allowing America to grow because of it. In “Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom” Craft recounts life as a slave and a runaway and later free individuals, lamenting the horrors and injustices for every step taken. A hint