Blake or, The huts of America : a corrected edition / Martin R. Delany ; edited and with an introduction by Jerome McGann.

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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-332).

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.

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