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>Growing up in Maryland, author Ta-Nehisi Coates was enthralled by stories of Harriet Tubman, the 19th century abolitionist who operated the Underground Railroad on the state's Eastern Shore. He read about Tubman's efforts to lead enslaved people to freedom, and was struck by the surreal qualities of her story.
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>"It just seemed wild," he says. "Who is this person who has fainting spells and yet has never lost a passenger? Who is this black woman in the 19th century who, when somebody is scared and wants to turn back pulls out a gun and made threats, 'You ain't turning back!'? Who is this person who just strides through history?"
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>Coates read one biography of Tubman in which the biographer admitted that historians aren't quite sure how she managed to lead so many people to freedom. "Whenever I hear, 'We don't know how this happens,' my mind starts turning, you know? I start imagining things," he says.
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>Coates had always been a fan of comic books and pulpy adventure stories, and he began to imagine the Underground Railroad through fantastical eyes. His debut novel, The Water Dancer, is set in slave times and centers on Hiram, a man born into slavery who meets Tubman, and learns that they share a magical power to teleport enslaved people to freedom.
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>"I did a considerable amount of research, and when you look at how African Americans described themselves during that period, and when you look at how they talk about their own escapes from slavery, magic is often very much a part [of it]," he says. "The Water Dancer ... tries to take a somewhat forgotten tradition in African American resistance and render it seriously." https://www.npr.org/2019/09/24/763477150/ta-nehisi-coates-on-magic-memory-and-the-underground-railroad
'The Underground Railroad' book discussion!
Welcome to r/52in52's weekly book discussion. The Underground Railroadby Colson Whitehead is our week 6 (February 5th - February 11th) choice and the second book in our - Alternate History - theme.
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It’s an escape from the slavery of the normie mainstream social media (basically Instagram)
The Railroad frees synths (institutes slaves) and the Underground Railroad freed slaves
I'm developing on a touring plan for 2020 and could some direction from experienced riders. The idea is to do both the Underground Railroad trail (https://www.adventurecycling.org/routes-and-maps/adventure-cycling-route-network/underground-railroad-ugrr/) and the Lewis and Clark trail (https://www.adventurecycling.org/routes-and-maps/adventure-cycling-route-network/lewis-clark/) next year. Question: what is the ideal time frame to accomplish this for ideal weather. It makes sense to me to start with the Underground Railroad in Mobile in...late March? early April? Then start the Lewis and Clark trail in early/mid June.
I'm more of a tortoise than a hare. Interested in smelling the flowers, seeing the sights here and there. I tend to go in spurts. A couple slow days, then a long one.
Would love to hear from people who have done these trails or has experience with these regions of the US. Thank you!
I've got to that lovely part where that glorious bug appears in the Railroad quest. I've searched under various quests. Out of curiosity... in the console, I typed in "sqs RR303". It reported it was stopped and disabled. 100 stage quest was flagged as done. Oh, 0 stage quest was current - "Warn Desdemona". Because, the quest is stopped, and I can't continue (like many folks). RR303 is the "Rocket's Red Glare". RR302 is running, but RR303 isn't. And RR304 is running. RR304 syncs up RR302 and RR303. RR302 being "Precipice To War". I don't know about you, but I think RR303 is the culprit of the "Warn Desdemona" infamous bug. If anyone has a latest save around that time before they went to "Warn Desdemona" can you check to see if RR303 is running and enabled? If you've got it to work, is RR303 running and enabled? Glory is sleeping cozy on a mattress. RR303 ties into a lot of things. Deacon is suppose to be disabled temporary. There was a flag that stopped RR303 but re-enabled it. I've checked the debug logs from papyrus, but there's no issue regarding RR303 preventing from starting up. I recycled Glory, resurrect her then moved her to me. It's a frustrating bug, alright.
Wondering if there are any books that has this premise. A huge (thousands of people) bunker underground that survived the apocalypse are now shut off from the world. The story should focus on how a bunker life transformed society after hundreds or thousands of years old.
I was checking out The Underground Railroad on Goodreads recently and saw that is was the winner of Three Arthur C Clarke award. I asked my brother who has read the book about it and he said that the book is just alternate history in a minute way, but otherwise from a concept, theme or background feel perspective it has nothing to do with Sci-fi. That's why I wished to know your thoughts on the matter. Also, Happy New Year!
So I've been thinking considering how hard it is to dig up all that earth and buttress it and put strong foundations etc, all the while avoiding taking down a bunch of buildings, if a city wants to build a rail service around it would it be easier to go above ground AND above the existing road networks. I know nothing about engineering but having seen how long it's taking to rebuild our road network I can't see us realistically getting an underground rail service in the next 20 years. So, my thinking is that we make a railway over the existing road network ... Thoughts?
So my emotions have been running wild with these anti-abortion laws in the south. Ultimately, I want to help and want to know some things I would need to consider if I created a network for women seeking an abortion to travel to my state to safely get one and stay in a safe place for a short period of time.
Some challenges I feel like this idea might face would include funding, safety (since traveling to another state to get the procedure is also a crime), and other legal consequences from these states.
What else am I not considering? Would this even help at all?
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