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I justified his reasons for including the railroad - the "underground railroad" story has been told more. It had to be a part of Whitehead's story to physically relocate the slaves and skip over 100 pages of the story we've all read countless times - wading through swamps, evading capture, etc. He created the fictional railroad to have more time to delve into the actual story.
A different title would have served this novel well.
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May 24, 2018 07:38AM
I justified his reasons for including the railroad - the "underground railroad" story has been told more. It had to be a part of Whitehead's story to physically relocate the slaves and skip over 100 pages of the story we've all read countless times - wading through swamps, evading capture, etc. He created the fictional railroad to have more time to delve into the actual story.
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A different title would have served this novel well.
