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.
The Underground Railroad:
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- Colson Whitehead