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A review by natalierosselli
Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom: The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery by William Craft
2.0
This has been my least favorite narrative so far. It’s solely about their escape but it’s so muddles by their citation of laws and quotes by reverends and constant stories about other slaves escaping that don’t really have much to do with them personally, if you get what I mean, which made it really hard for me to connect with this one.
While I find the Crafts extremely interesting, strong, and inspiring, their narrative fell rather flat for me. Their story is amazing but I don’t feel like this book did it justice.
Also, I think my review is heavily influenced by the fact that Ellen was not the woman she was portrayed as in the narrative. William (who apparently wrote the narrative, although it has been majorly speculated that Ellen did most of the writing) makes her SUPER feminine and coy and feeble and delicate when the real Ellen was strong and ready to do what was best for them and was kind of the one who was running the show. Yeah, not a fan of the portrayal of Ellen.
While I find the Crafts extremely interesting, strong, and inspiring, their narrative fell rather flat for me. Their story is amazing but I don’t feel like this book did it justice.
Also, I think my review is heavily influenced by the fact that Ellen was not the woman she was portrayed as in the narrative. William (who apparently wrote the narrative, although it has been majorly speculated that Ellen did most of the writing) makes her SUPER feminine and coy and feeble and delicate when the real Ellen was strong and ready to do what was best for them and was kind of the one who was running the show. Yeah, not a fan of the portrayal of Ellen.