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The Underground Railroad

7.2 / 10

2021

1 season

10 episodes

DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

Follow young Cora’s journey as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. After escaping her Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no mere metaphor, but an actual railroad full of engineers and conductors, and a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil.

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Cast

Thuso Mbedu

Chase W. Dillon

Joel Edgerton

Sheila Atim

Kylee D. Allen

Aaron Pierre

Ryan James

Lucius Baston

Jeff Pope

William Jackson Harper

Peter Mullan

Benjamin Walker

Seasons

1.Chapter 1: Georgia
6.6
13-05-202169m
When Caesar convinces Cora to escape from Randall plantation in Georgia their lives are irrevocably changed. They discover the impossible in an underground railroad which takes the...
2.Chapter 2: South Carolina
6.1
13-05-202166m
Griffin, South Carolina – a seeming paradise of progress and racial harmony that hides dark secrets, especially the secrets of “Bessie" and "Christian." Meanwhile, bounty hunter Ar...
3.Chapter 3: North Carolina
5.8
13-05-202170m
Cora reaches a dangerous small town in North Carolina where she must secret away in an abolitionist’s attic while putting everyone’s lives in danger.
4.Chapter 4: The Great Spirit
5.2
13-05-202140m
A young Arnold Ridgeway comes of age while testing his belief in The Great Spirit.
5.Chapter 5: Tennessee - Exodus
5.2
13-05-202161m
Captured by Ridgeway, Cora is forced to travel across the barren inferno of Tennessee. She shares the perilous journey with Jasper, a noble runaway filled with inner-strength.
6.Chapter 6: Tennessee - Proverbs
5.6
13-05-202159m
For Arnold Ridgeway, a journey home reveals that "the past is not past." And a chance encounter with a freedman named Royal gives Cora new hope.
7.Chapter 7: Fanny Briggs
5.3
13-05-202120m
Let the fire burn.
8.Chapter 8: Indiana Autumn
5.3
13-05-202167m
Royal brings Cora to Valentine Farm, a thriving Black community and vineyard on the bountiful Indiana frontier. Carrying the scars of her journey, Cora struggles to find peace in t...
9.Chapter 9: Indiana Winter
5.8
13-05-202178m
Cora’s presence as a fugitive ignites tensions amongst the Valentine community. Just as she was beginning to make this her home, chaos reigns.
10.Chapter 10: Mabel
5.7
13-05-202158m
In this tale of motherhood, the beginning is the end is the beginning... for both mother and daughter.

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