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Blake or The Huts of America

by Martin R. Delany
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Delaney's hero is a West Indian slave who travels throughout the South advocating revolution, and later becomes the general of a black insurrectory fore in Cuba. Blake hopes that, with rebellion in Cuba and the expulsion of all Americans, Cuba's model as a self-governed black state will ultimately precipitate the downfall of slavery in the United States.
Focusing on the political and social issues of the 1850s – slavery as an institution, Cuba as the prime interest of Southern expansionists, the practicality of militant slave revolution, and the possibilities of collective action – Blake is one of the most revealing novels of its period.
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Publisher: Beacon Press

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  • Release date: March 29, 2016

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  • ISBN: 9780807096710
  • File size: 887 KB
  • Release date: March 29, 2016

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  • ISBN: 9780807096710
  • File size: 887 KB
  • Release date: March 29, 2016

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Fiction African American Fiction Literature Historical Fiction

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English

Delaney's hero is a West Indian slave who travels throughout the South advocating revolution, and later becomes the general of a black insurrectory fore in Cuba. Blake hopes that, with rebellion in Cuba and the expulsion of all Americans, Cuba's model as a self-governed black state will ultimately precipitate the downfall of slavery in the United States.
Focusing on the political and social issues of the 1850s – slavery as an institution, Cuba as the prime interest of Southern expansionists, the practicality of militant slave revolution, and the possibilities of collective action – Blake is one of the most revealing novels of its period.
Expand title description text
Fiction African American Fiction Literature Historical Fiction
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