The Underground Railroad

Some day, Miss Lucy told Cora one afternoon while they walked the green, all the numbers and figures and notes would make a great contribution to their understanding of colored life. Cora’s grandmother knew nothing about the ship’s fate. His parents believed in the dignity of the honest trades, envisioning the generations of their family branching into the future, each more accomplished than the last. When she finally steeled herself, they had already cut down Louisa’s body.