Essay On Valentine Farm
Debate on the future of Valentine Farm
In the novel The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead explains the two sides of Royal and Mingo argument on the future of Valentine Farm. Valentine Farm was a community that housed and provided help to black runaways and free black slaves. Royal’s argument was on how Valentine Farm progressive standpoint is slow and need to move to a new location. Mingo’s argument towards the debate was to keep Valentine Farm where it was and he believes that progress is going good and all they need to do is make some improvements.
Colson Whitehead goes into describe Mingo’s side of the argument by stating how he believes that the progress on Valentine's Farm is going good and that they should stay where they are and make improvements, also enforce new rules. First, Mingo goes on to describe how they should enforce the rule on runaway slaves and how they should decrease the amount of runaway slaves they allow into Valentine's Farm or remove them completely. Mingo suggested that because the amount of crime that has increased on Valentine's Farm and the crime runaway slaves could bring in. In addition the trouble of runaway slaves bring with them. For instance Cora being hunted from Ridgeway and the possibility of …show more content…
Royal came the south and worked in the underground railroad helping runaway slaves escape and seek for freedom. Royals argument toward the debate was how Valentine Farm progressive standpoint is slow and the need to move to a new location. The first reason why Royal has the idea of moving to a new location because it was a place where he favored more than the west. Royal makes a remark about Canada saying, “They Know how to treat negroes there.”(Whitehead 284). Royal makes the remark because in 1833 Canada abolished slavery and free African Americans were treated more humanely than in
In the novel The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead explains the two sides of Royal and Mingo argument on the future of Valentine Farm. Valentine Farm was a community that housed and provided help to black runaways and free black slaves. Royal’s argument was on how Valentine Farm progressive standpoint is slow and need to move to a new location. Mingo’s argument towards the debate was to keep Valentine Farm where it was and he believes that progress is going good and all they need to do is make some improvements.
Colson Whitehead goes into describe Mingo’s side of the argument by stating how he believes that the progress on Valentine's Farm is going good and that they should stay where they are and make improvements, also enforce new rules. First, Mingo goes on to describe how they should enforce the rule on runaway slaves and how they should decrease the amount of runaway slaves they allow into Valentine's Farm or remove them completely. Mingo suggested that because the amount of crime that has increased on Valentine's Farm and the crime runaway slaves could bring in. In addition the trouble of runaway slaves bring with them. For instance Cora being hunted from Ridgeway and the possibility of …show more content…
Royal came the south and worked in the underground railroad helping runaway slaves escape and seek for freedom. Royals argument toward the debate was how Valentine Farm progressive standpoint is slow and the need to move to a new location. The first reason why Royal has the idea of moving to a new location because it was a place where he favored more than the west. Royal makes a remark about Canada saying, “They Know how to treat negroes there.”(Whitehead 284). Royal makes the remark because in 1833 Canada abolished slavery and free African Americans were treated more humanely than in