[Reading] ➾ The Underground Railroad ➵ Colson Whitehead – Adultdating3x.uk 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 greatCora 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 huntedIn Whitehead’s ingenious concepti.

On the Underground Railroad is no mere metaphor—engineers and conductors operate a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil Cora and Caesar’s first stop is South Carolina in a city that initially seems like a haven But the city’s placid surface masks an insidious scheme designed for its black denizens And even worse Ridgeway the relentless slave catcher is close on their heels Forced to flee again Cora embarks on a harrowing flight state by state seeking true freedomLike the protagonist of Gulliver’s Trave.