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The Underground Railroad, a novel, Colson Whitehead

Label
The Underground Railroad, a novel, Colson Whitehead
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The Underground Railroad
Oclc number
933420484
Responsibility statement
Colson Whitehead
Sub title
a novel
Summary
Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hell for all the slaves, but especially bad for Cora; an outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is coming into womanhood--where even greater pain awaits. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. Matters do not go as planned--Cora kills a young white boy who tries to capture her. Though they manage to find a station and head north, they are being hunted
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