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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Underground_RailroadThe Underground Railroad (miniseries) - Wikipedia

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   The Underground Railroad is an American historical drama limited television series created and directed by Barry Jenkins based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Colson Whitehead. The series premiered on Amazon Prime Video on May 14, 2021.

2. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › true-historyThe True History Behind Amazon Prime's 'Underground Railroad'

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   May 13, 2021 · Did Colson Whitehead base The Underground Railroad on a true story? In Whitehead’s own words, his novel seeks to convey “the truth of things, not the facts.” His characters are all fictional, and...

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Underground_RailroadThe Underground Railroad (novel) - Wikipedia

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   The Underground Railroad is a historical fiction novel by American author Colson Whitehead, published by Doubleday in 2016. The alternate history [1] novel tells the story of Cora, a slave in the Antebellum South during the 19th century, who makes a bid for freedom from her Georgia plantation by following the Underground Railroad , which the ...

   • Author: Colson Whitehead

   • Publish Year: 2016

5. www.bbc.com › culture › articleThe Underground Railroad review: A remarkable American epic - BBC

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   May 4, 2021 · The real underground railroad, the historical 19th-Century network of people and safe houses that helped slaves escape, becomes a literal, physical trainline carrying people to safety in...

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   The Underground Railroad—an odyssey through time and space—is a kinetic adventure of one woman’s ferocious will to escape bondage. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, this series is the television debut of Academy award winning director Barry Jenkins.

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   Aug 2, 2016 · In his breathtaking novel The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead demonstrates the earth-shattering power of an artistic voice to carry the legacy of the past into our now. He takes what we know to be true, but breaks free from the confines of history to create a brilliant work of fiction.

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   How does the Underground Railroad work in Whitehead?

   • Matters do not go as planned--Cora kills a young white boy who tries to capture her. Though they manage to find a station and head north, they are being hunted. In Whitehead's ingenious conception, the Underground Railroad is no mere metaphor--engineers and conductors operate a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil.

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   Who is Colson Whitehead?

   • COLSON WHITEHEAD is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of eleven works of fiction and nonfiction, and is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, for The Nickel Boys and The Underground Railroad, which also won the National Book Award. A recipient of MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships, he lives in New York City.

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   Who wrote the Underground Railroad?

   • The Underground Railroad is a historical fiction novel by American author Colson Whitehead, published by Doubleday in 2016.

   The Underground Railroad (novel) - Wikipedia

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   Is the Underground Railroad based on a true story?

   • The real underground railroad, the historical 19th-Century network of people and safe houses that helped slaves escape, becomes a literal, physical trainline carrying people to safety in Colson Whitehead's novel, on which the show is based.

   The Underground Railroad review: A remarkable American epic - BBC

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10. www.vox.com › culture › 22423837The Underground Railroad review: A towering miniseries - Vox

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    May 13, 2021 · The Underground Railroad is a towering series about the ways slavery still infects America. Amazon’s adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel turns a masterpiece into amazing television.