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.
| ISBN: | 9780807064191 |
| Publication date: | 1st June 1971 |
| Author: | Martin Robison Delany |
| Publisher: | Beacon Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 352 pages |
| Genres: |
Historical Fiction Narrative theme: Politics General Fiction |