Whitehead, Colson,  1969- <br/><br/>
The underground railroad :  a novel / 
Colson Whitehead. 
 - 306 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Ajarry --  Georgia --  Ridgeway --  South Carolina --  Stevens --  North Carolina --  Ethel --  Tennessee --  Caesar --  Indiana --  Mabel --  The North. 
<br/><br/> 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.-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780385542364 (hardcover) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Underground Railroad--Fiction.<br/>Fugitive slaves--United States--Fiction.<br/>FICTION / Literary.<br/>FICTION / Historical.<br/>FICTION / African American / General.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History--19th century--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Historical fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS 3573  / W592u 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813