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The underground railroad : a novel / Colson Whitehead.

By: Whitehead, Colson, 1969- [author.].
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Doubleday, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Edition: First edition.Description: 306 pages ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780385542364; 0385542364.Subject(s): Underground Railroad -- Fiction | Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Fiction | United States -- History -- 19th century -- FictionDDC classification: 813/.54
Contents:
Ajarry -- Georgia -- Ridgeway -- South Carolina -- Stevens -- North Carolina -- Ethel -- Tennessee -- Caesar -- Indiana -- Mabel -- The North.
Summary: 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. Though they manage to find a station and head north, they are being hunted. Their 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 freedom.-- from publisher's description.
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Two Weeks Davenport Library Circulating Collection Print-Circulating 813.54 W5871 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34284003858545
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Ajarry -- Georgia -- Ridgeway -- South Carolina -- Stevens -- North Carolina -- Ethel -- Tennessee -- Caesar -- Indiana -- Mabel -- The North.

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. Though they manage to find a station and head north, they are being hunted. Their 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 freedom.-- from publisher's description.

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