{"product_id":"blake-or-the-huts-of-martin-r-delany-9798295844829","title":"Blake; or, The Huts of America: A Revolutionary Novel of Slavery, Resistance, and Black Liberation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlake; or, The Huts of America\u003c\/em\u003e by Martin R. Delany is a bold and powerful novel of slavery, resistance, and Black liberation. Written by one of the most important African American intellectuals of the nineteenth century, this groundbreaking work follows Henry Blake, an enslaved man who escapes bondage and begins organizing a far-reaching revolt against slavery across the American South and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart adventure story, part political novel, and part revolutionary vision, \u003cem\u003eBlake\u003c\/em\u003e exposes the violence and hypocrisy of slavery while imagining resistance on a vast and daring scale. Delany's hero is not a passive victim, but a strategist, traveler, husband, father, and freedom fighter who understands that liberation requires courage, unity, and action.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving through plantations, hidden communities, cities, ships, and international spaces, the novel expands the story of slavery beyond one household or one region. It presents a world shaped by exploitation, but also by secret networks of strength, intelligence, and defiance. Delany writes with urgency and purpose, creating a work that challenges oppression while asserting the dignity, agency, and political power of Black people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition is prepared for clear, comfortable reading while preserving the force, historical importance, and revolutionary spirit of Delany's original text. For readers of African American literature, abolitionist writing, historical fiction, political novels, and classics of resistance, \u003cem\u003eBlake; or, The Huts of America\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential and compelling work - a fierce vision of freedom from one of America's most important early Black writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin R. Delany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798295844829\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Curated Collection Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.47d","brand":"Martin R. Delany","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49148636659967,"sku":"9798295844829","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blake-or-the-huts-of-martin-r-delany-9798295844829","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}