Underground Railroad

Cora is just one of countless Black individuals who are treated worse than animals on the cotton plantations of Georgia. All of them dream of escape – but how and to where? Then Cora hears about the Underground Railroad, a secret escape network for slaves. Through a trapdoor, she enters the underground and begins a breathtaking journey, encountering grave robbers and bounty hunters, as well as heroic station masters. Each state she crosses has different laws and dangers. Does freedom really await at the end? "Underground Railroad" is a manifesto about humanity and at the same time a virtuoso reckoning with what it meant and still means to be Black in America. Awarded the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize, it remained on the New York Times bestseller list for a year without interruption.