Blake; or, The Huts of America: A Corrected Edition

Synopsis

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.-- -- 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. Martin R. Delany ; Edited By Jerome Mcgann. Includes Bibliographical References.