The Underground Railroad

Detailed Summary & Analysis

Chapter 1: Ajarry Chapter 2: Georgia Chapter 3: Ridgeway Chapter 4: South Carolina Chapter 5: Stevens Chapter 6: North Carolina Chapter 7: Ethel Chapter 8: Tennessee Chapter 9: Caesar Chapter 10: Indiana Chapter 11: Mabel Chapter 12: The North

Themes

All Themes Family, Heritage, and Home Endurance vs. Rebellion Death and Freedom Value, Ownership, and Commodification Brutality and Violation History, Myth, and Fantasy

Quotes

Characters

All Characters Cora (aka Bessie) Caesar Ajarry Mabel Lovey Terrance Randall James Randall Old Randall Chester Arnold Ridgeway Sam Miss Lucy Mr. Field Dr. Aloysius Stevens Martin Wells Ethel Wells (née Delany) Fiona Homer Boseman John Valentine Gloria Valentine Elijah Lander Royal Connelly

Symbols

All Symbols Cora’s Garden Dance Hob Griffin Building The Freedom Trail

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Introduction

Plot Summary

Detailed Summary
& Analysis

Chapter 1: Ajarry
Chapter 2: Georgia
Chapter 3: Ridgeway
Chapter 4: South Carolina
Chapter 5: Stevens
Chapter 6: North Carolina
Chapter 7: Ethel
Chapter 8: Tennessee
Chapter 9: Caesar
Chapter 10: Indiana
Chapter 11: Mabel
Chapter 12: The North

Themes

All Themes
Family, Heritage, and Home
Endurance vs. Rebellion
Death and Freedom
Value, Ownership, and Commodification
Brutality and Violation
History, Myth, and Fantasy

Quotes

Characters

All Characters
Cora (aka Bessie)
Caesar
Ajarry
Mabel
Lovey
Terrance Randall
James Randall
Old Randall
Chester
Arnold Ridgeway
Sam
Miss Lucy
Mr. Field
Dr. Aloysius Stevens
Martin Wells
Ethel Wells (née Delany)
Fiona
Homer
Boseman
John Valentine
Gloria Valentine
Elijah Lander
Royal
Connelly

Symbols

All Symbols
Cora’s Garden
Dance
Hob
Griffin Building
The Freedom Trail

Theme Wheel

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