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Violence
A lot
Extreme violence depicting the reality of American slavery: beatings, mutilation, and murder
Language
Some
Moderate language in the literary fiction tradition
Sexual Content
Some
Adult content including sexual violence against enslaved women
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Devastating psychological themes of what slavery does to the human soul and the endurance required to survive it
What this book is about
Same content as The Underground Railroad. Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer and National Book Award winner is a devastating portrayal of American slavery. Extreme violence and psychological horror. Adults only.
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Slavery violence
Sexual violence
Pulitzer Prize winner
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