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Gulliver's Travels influenced The Underground Railroad
Added by Media Influence Map · 7 October 2026
The evidence
Colson Whitehead on the structure (NPR Fresh Air, 2016): "Sort of like Gulliver's Travels, the book is rebooting every time the person goes through a different state." Each state Cora reaches is a different society's answer to slavery, as each of Gulliver's islands is a different satire.
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