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Blurb: “A vital alt-history read, depicting slavery in 1850s America..
Henry Blake travels through the United States of America and Cuba, planning a revolutionary uprising of the enslaved people and searching for his wife, who was sold after rejecting her slave owner's advances. An escaped slave himself, Henry is a headstrong, determined man who is unafraid of violence and confrontation. Martin Delany's protagonist offers an alternative viewpoint to many passive depictions of slaves written at the same time.
The story was a reaction, in part, to the now condemned decision that the US Supreme Court made in the infamous Dred Scott v. Sandford case in 1857.
Including an informative series foreword and new introduction, this edition is crucial to understanding black history and the experience of slaves.
From mystery to crime, supernatural to horror, fantasy to utopian, dystopian and the foundations of moder speculative fiction, FLAME TREE 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.
Each book features a new biography and glossary of literary terms.”