"Blake or the Huts of America"
by
Martin R. Delany |
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Blake: Or the Huts of America - Martin R. Delany (1812-85) has been called the father of American Black Nationalism , and his only novel, Blake, powerfully dramatizes his separatist philosophy.
Delany's hero is a West Indian slave who travels throughout the South advocating revolution, and
later becomes the general of a black insurrectionary force 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 t5he most revealing novels of its
period.
Price: $22.95 + $3.00 s/h (MD residents, please add 5% sales tax)
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