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Black Thunder: Gabriel's Revolt: Virginia, 1800
Contributor(s): Bontemps, Arna Wendell (Author), Bontemps, Arna (Editor), Bontemps, Anna (Editor)

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 ISBN: 0807063371     ISBN-13: 9780807063378
Publisher: Beacon Press
OUR PRICE: $23.10  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: April 1992
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Annotation: Originally published in 1936, Black Thunder is the story of Gabriel, a slave who decides to avenge the murder of a fellow slave by leading the blacks of Richmond against their masters. Even as plans go awry the night of the attack, Gabriel still believes in the inevitable triumph of his struggle to lead blacks to freedom.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical - General
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies
- Fiction | African American - Historical
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 91034123
Physical Information: 0.59" H x 5.7" W x 7.94" L (0.61 lbs) 248 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Geographic Orientation - Virginia
- Cultural Region - South Atlantic
- Cultural Region - Southeast U.S.
Review Citations: Booklist 02/15/1998 pg. 979
Publishers Weekly 03/16/1992
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
'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
 
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