summary of the city of refuge by rudolph fisher
Rudolph Fisher
Rudolph Fisher 's story `` City of Refuge '' is centered around a Southern black man named King Solomon Gillis and his migration to Harlem , New York from North Carolina to escape lynching . Gillis is amazed by the opportunity and freedom he sees when he first arrives in Harlem . Gillis meets a man named Uggam who helps him settle into Harlem and gets him a `` job '' . Fisher presents the idea of a migrant 's adjustment to the city during `` Negro Harlem '' and the race relations along the way . The story concludes with Gillis being duped by Uggam into selling `` medicine '' ( drugs ) for him and gets ratted on , leading him to be arrested . 
Rudolph Fisher 's story `` City of Refuge '' is centered around a Southern black man named King Solomon Gillis and his migration to Harlem , New York from North Carolina to escape lynching . Gillis is amazed by the opportunity and freedom he sees when he first arrives in Harlem . Gillis meets a man named Uggam who helps him settle into Harlem and gets him a `` job '' . Fisher presents the idea of a migrant 's adjustment to the city during `` Negro Harlem '' and the race relations along the way . The story concludes with Gillis being duped by Uggam into selling `` medicine '' ( drugs ) for him and gets ratted on , leading him to be arrested .
`` City of Refuge '' is centered around a Southern black man named King Solomon Gillis and his migration to Harlem, New York from North Carolina to escape lynching.  Gillis meets a man named Uggam who helps him settle into Harlem and gets him a `` job ''.  Gillis ended up being duped by Uggam into selling `` medicine '' (drugs) for him, 
leading him to be arrested.  The story presents the idea of a migrant's adjustment to the city during `` Negro Harlem '' and the race relations along the way.
Rudolph Fisher 's story `` City of Refuge '' is centered around a Southern black man named King Solomon Gillis and his migration to Harlem , New York from North Carolina to escape lynching . Gillis meets a man named Uggam who helps him settle into Harlem and gets him a `` job '' . Fisher presents the idea of a migrant 's adjustment to the city during `` Negro Harlem '' and the race relations along the way . The story concludes with Gillis being duped by Uggam into selling `` medicine '' ( drugs ) for him and gets ratted on , leading him to be arrested .