num_pages: 248
description: 'Gabriel Prosser's 1800 slave revolt allowed Bontemps to warn of the rebellion that would come of poverty and racial oppression. This metaphor of revolution is at the same time a highly pertinent representation of black masculinity that will reward students of gender, slavery and the sensibilities of the 1930s.'-Nell Irvin Painter
language: English
title: Black Thunder
titlecomplete: Black Thunder
genres: Historical, Literature, American, Classics, African American, Novels, Historical Fiction, College, African American Literature, Race
ratings_count: 219
publisher: Beacon Press