![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When Cora and Caesar first see the railroad, they're stunned. Why make it easy for him? That was one kind of work you could say no to." But after being viciously attacked by a sadistic farmer, she agrees to light out with Caesar under the cover of darkness, destined for a station on the Underground Railroad. When Cora is approached by another slave, Caesar, about escaping from the plantation, she initially demurs: "White man trying to kill you slow every day, and sometimes trying to kill you fast. She remembers every horrible incident, even - especially - the ones she'd rather forget: "There was an order of misery, misery tucked inside miseries, and you were meant to keep track." ![]() In her time on the Randall farm in Georgia, she's been worked to the point of sickness, beaten, raped, forced to watch her fellow slaves tortured to death. The protagonist of Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad is a slave on the plantation where her grandmother, Ajarry, died while picking cotton, and her mother, Mabel, escaped from years ago. How?Įditor's note: This review contains language some may find offensiveĬora is 16, maybe 17 she's not quite sure. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Underground Railroad Author Colson Whitehead ![]()
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