num_pages: 352
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 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 the most revealing novels of its period.
language: English
title: Blake or The Huts of America
titlecomplete: Blake or The Huts of America
genres: Historical Fiction, Alternate History, Novels, Science Fiction, Race, Classics, Fiction, Speculative Fiction, 19th Century, Research
ratings_count: 292
places: Cuba
publisher: Beacon Press