The Underground Railroad
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1: Ajarry Chapter 2: Georgia Chapter 3: Ridgeway Chapter 4: South Carolina Chapter 5: Stevens Chapter 6: North Carolina Chapter 7: Ethel Chapter 8: Tennessee Chapter 9: Caesar Chapter 10: Indiana Chapter 11: Mabel Chapter 12: The North
Themes
All Themes Family, Heritage, and Home Endurance vs. Rebellion Death and Freedom Value, Ownership, and Commodification Brutality and Violation History, Myth, and Fantasy
Quotes
Characters
All Characters Cora (aka Bessie) Caesar Ajarry Mabel Lovey Terrance Randall James Randall Old Randall Chester Arnold Ridgeway Sam Miss Lucy Mr. Field Dr. Aloysius Stevens Martin Wells Ethel Wells (née Delany) Fiona Homer Boseman John Valentine Gloria Valentine Elijah Lander Royal Connelly
Symbols
All Symbols Cora’s Garden Dance Hob Griffin Building The Freedom Trail
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Allusions Dialect Dramatic Irony Foil Foreshadowing Genre Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Paradox Pathos Setting Stream of Consciousness Style Tone
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The Underground Railroad

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Colson Whitehead
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