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Blake : Or; The Huts of America
Overview
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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- ISBN-13: 9780807064191
- ISBN-10: 080706419X
- Publisher: Beacon Press
- Publish Date: June 1971
- Dimensions: 7.97 x 5.35 x 0.86 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.82 pounds
- Page Count: 352
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