The Underground Railroad Audiobook
Georgia before the Civil War was hell for black people because this was the part of the world that was known for its slavery. Slaves were treated in an ill way and on most occasions they were shot if they tried to escape. Cora was a slave too and life became more and more difficult for her as she grew up.
She was turning into a woman which means that the prison and the open were not safe places for her anymore. She was scared of her fellow slaves as well and she was in a desperate search for freedom at any cost. During these days she met Caesar who was brought from Virginia. [The Underground Railroad Audiobook]
He told her about a secret underground railroad that can pave way for their freedom. The two planned an escape, and although there was a risk in the plan they had no other way. While escaping Cora was caught by one of the white boys whom she killed on the spot. This made the situation more terrible because there was no going back after that. Colson Whitehead tells the era when slaves were eagerly hunted. [The Underground Railroad Audiobook]
The two slaves ran for their lives from one place to another and throughout their journey, the slave hunters were on their backs. The urgency can be felt in the voice of the narrator Bahni Turpin who wanted to make the correct picture of the situation in our mind. With Harlem Shuffle and The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) under his belt, the author has painted an accurate picture of the era. The novel really tells us the circumstances through which the slaves were going in those years.
