{"product_id":"blake-isbn-9780807064191","title":"Blake","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 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocusing 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 – \u003ci\u003eBlake \u003c\/i\u003eis one of the most revealing novels of its period.\"A fascinating political and social document.\" – \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eMartin R. Delaney (1812-85) has been called the father of American black nationalism, and his only novel, \u003ci\u003eBlake,\u003c\/i\u003e powerfully dramatizes his separatist philosophy.","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301196812517,"sku":"NP9780807064191","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780807064191.jpg?v=1767722747","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/blake-isbn-9780807064191","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}