This story is great in that it gives us an alternative view of the past but is still able to tell us the correct past. All the while Whitehead seeks to expand the idea of ​​freedom and give us multiple views of that idea. Juan G. Vasquez of the New York Times was absolutely right when he stated that "The Underground Railroad achieves the task with little changes in perspective." Colson is able to tell a story using many points of view. We have seen white supremacy throughout history. White supremacism is such a crazy thing that it makes those white people seem delusional because something so cruel can seem so right to them. Whitehead describes the scene as “all ages rushed in” to lynch a girl. That is, some wild humans are ready to take their own lives because of their mentality. Whitehead tells the reality of what it meant to be black in those days. For example, the road called “Freedom Trails” which seems like the road that every African American wanted but wasn't. It was an avenue to publicly send a message to all people against slavery which includes slaves and abolitionists by lynching them. Technically the path of freedom was for “night riders” as they saw that they were liberating their freedom as they saw blacks as a threat. We get a stark view of how inhumane some white people were