Blake; or, The huts of America : a corrected edition / Martin R. Delany ; edited and with an introduction by Jerome McGann.
| Author/creator | Delany, Martin Robison author. |
| Other author | McGann, Jerome J. editor, author of introduction, etc. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Corrected edition. |
| Publication | Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017. |
| Copyright Date | ©2017 |
| Description | xxxviii, 334 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Blake |
| Portion of title | Huts of America |
| Contents | -- The Project -- Colonel Franks at Home -- The Fate of Maggie -- The Departure of Maggie -- A Vacancy -- Henrys Return -- Master and Slave -- The Sale -- The Runaway -- Merry Making -- A Shadow -- The Discovery -- Perplexity -- Gad and Gossip -- Interchange of Opinion -- Solicitude and Amusement -- Henry at Large -- Fleeting Shadows -- Come What Will -- Advent Among the Indians -- What Not -- New Orleans -- The Rebel Blacks -- A Flying Cloud -- Like Father, Like Son -- Return to Mississippi -- A Night of Anxiety -- Studying Head Work -- The Fugitives -- The Pursuit -- The Attack, Resistance, Arrest -- The Escape -- Happy Greeting -- A Novel Adventure -- Cornelia Woodward -- Henry at the Hacienda -- A Glimmer of Hope -- Impatience -- The Discovery -- The Confrontment -- Obscurity -- The Interview-Blake -- Meeting and Greeting -- Seeking Employment" -- Coastward Bound -- Trans-Atlantic -- Significant -- Making the Coast -- The Slave Factory -- Before Leaving -- Homeward Bound" -- The Middle Passage -- Middle Passage-Chase Continued -- Storm During Middle Passage -- The Captives -- The Seeleys -- Anticipation -- Gala Day -- National Fete -- Great Gathering at Madam Cordovas -- The Grand Council -- Fearful Misgivings -- The Captain General and Lady -- The Confrontment -- What of the Negroes? -- Chit Chat -- False Alarm -- Sunday Morning" -- Entertainment at Carolus Blacus -- Momentous Step -- Fearful Apprehensions -- King's Day -- Increased Alarm -- American Tyranny-Oppression of the Negroes. |
| Abstract | Martin R. Delany's Blake (c. 1860) tells the story of Henry Blake's escape from a southern plantation and his travels in the U.S., Canada, Africa, and Cuba on a mission to unite blacks of the Atlantic region in the struggle for freedom. Jerome McGann's edition offers the first correct printing of the work and an authoritative introduction.-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Other edition issued | Revision of: Delany, Martin Robison, 1812-1885. Blake. Boston, Beacon Press [1970] 0807064181 |
| Genre/form | Fiction. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2016022048 |
| ISBN | 9780674088726 paperback |
| ISBN | 0674088727 paperback |