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The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead

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Jun 06, 2017 Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: diversity, social-justice, challenge

Cora is a slave on a plantation run by a cruel owner. The first time she is asked to run away, she says no. The second time, yes.

You'll never buy the tales of happy slaves singing around their cabins with their owners again. You'll never see a Confederate flag and look on it as a gentle reminder of the old South again. You will walk in the shoes of slaves and it will change you. ...more

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Jan 17, 2017 Nancy H rated it really liked it

Although this is not a book that one can actually 'like' because of the subject matter, it is extremely well-written, compelling, and a timely but shameful reminder of where we used to be in this country. It is a book that shows just what black people had to endure, and the shameful humanity that put millions through the degradation, misery, and total horror of slavery. It is an unpleasant but sadly accurate picture of where we were in that time in history. Let's hope and pray that positive chan ...more

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