Blake or The Huts of America

Martin R. Delany

ISBN 10: 080706419X / ISBN 13: 9780807064191

Published by Beacon Press, 1971

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Blake or The Huts of America
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Publication Date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080706419X
• ISBN 13: 9780807064191
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Martin R. Delaney (1812-85) has been called the father of American black nationalism, and his only novel, Blake, powerfully dramatizes his separatist philosophy.