Blake

Delany, Martin R. & Floyd J. Miller

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Author
Delany, Martin R. & Floyd J. Miller
Publish Date
19710601
Subtitle
Or, the Huts of America
Book Type
Paperback
Number of Pages
352
Publisher Name
53
ISBN-10
080706419X
ISBN-13
9780807064191
citemno
208077
Edition
Reprint
SKU
9780807064191

Description

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.