TY - BOOK AU - Whitehead,Colson TI - The underground railroad: a novel SN - 9780385542364 AV - PS3573.H4768 U53 2016 PY - 2016///] CY - New York PB - Doubleday KW - Underground Railroad KW - Fiction KW - Fugitive slaves KW - United States KW - FICTION KW - Literary KW - bisacsh KW - Historical KW - African American KW - General KW - fast KW - Underground railroad KW - sears KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Historical fiction KW - gsafd KW - lcgft KW - Fantasy fiction N1 - Ajarry -- Georgia -- Ridgeway -- South Carolina -- Stevens -- North Carolina -- Ethel -- Tennessee -- Caesar -- Indiana -- Mabel -- The North N2 - 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.-- ER -