Ajarry - Georgia - Ridgeway - South Carolina - Stevens - North Carolina - Ethel - Tennessee - Caesar - Indiana - Mabel - The North. As Whitehead Re-creates The Unique Terrors For Black People In The Pre-civil War Era, His Narrative Weaves The Saga Of America From The Brutal Importation Of Africans To The Unfulfilled Promises Of The Present Day. Like The Protagonist Of Gulliver's Travels, Cora Encounters Different Worlds At Each Stage Of Her Journey - Hers Is An Odyssey Through Time As Well As Space. Forced To Flee Again, Cora Embarks On A Harrowing Flight, State By State, Seeking True Freedom. And Even Worse: Ridgeway, The Relentless Slave Catcher, Is Close On Their Heels. The entire 174-page The Underground Railroad digital publication can be accessed here. But The City's Placid Surface Masks An Insidious Scheme Designed For Its Black Denizens. Their First Stop Is South Carolina, In A City That Initially Seems Like A Haven. Though They Manage To Find A Station And Head North, They Are Being Hunted.
When Caesar, A Recent Arrival From Virginia, Tells Her About The Underground Railroad, They Decide To Take A Terrifying Risk And Escape. Their first stop is South Carolina, in a city that initially seems like a haven.
Though they manage to find a station and head north, they are being hunted.
Cora Is A Slave On A Cotton Plantation In Georgia. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. A Magnificent Tour De Force Chronicling A Young Slave's Adventures As She Makes A Desperate Bid For Freedom In The Antebellum South.
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