Summary and Analysis of The Underground Railroad: Based on the Book by Colson Whitehead
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About The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead:
Colson Whitehead’s National Book Award–winning The Underground Railroad is a bold, original, and unflinchingly brutal portrait of slavery during the darkest period in American history.
On the cusp of womanhood, Cora is a runaway slave, pursued by her memories of abuse and abandonment, and by the implacable and notoriously cruel slave hunter known as Ridgeway. Her journey on the Underground Railroad—in Whitehead’s conceit, a literal, subterranean railway—propels her journey across a dangerous landscape in search of freedom.
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The Underground Railroad
Based on the Book by Colson Whitehead
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Contents
Context
Overview
Cast of Characters
Summary
Character Analysis
Themes and Symbols
Author’s Style
Direct Quotes and Analysis
Trivia
What’s That Word?
Critical Response
About Colson Whitehead
For Your Information
Bibliography
Copyright
Context
Slavery, America’s original sin, has long lurked in the background of American literature, a topic too painful for some to confront head on and too shameful for others to discuss. Since the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852, few novelists have approached it, though Toni Morrison’s Beloved and Edward P. Jones’s The Known World are notable for their commercial success and the academic praise they received.
Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad was published amid a renewed interest in the history of slavery and, particularly, the