Black Thunder: Gabriel’s Revolt: Virginia, 1800
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Imprint: Beacon Press
(Apr 01, 1992)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 248 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 9780807063378
Nonfiction, Paperback, 248 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 9780807063378
Description of Black Thunder: Gabriel’s Revolt: Virginia, 1800
’Gabriel Prosser’s 1800 slave revolt allowed Bontemps to warn of the rebellion that would come of poverty and racial oppression. This metaphor of revolution is at the same time a highly pertinent representation of black masculinity that will reward students of gender, slavery and the sensibilities of the 1930s.’
-Nell Irvin Painter
