Museum object · Books and Published Materials
Blake; or The Huts of America
1859-1862; published 1970
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A hardcover book with the first book form publication of “Blake; or The Huts of America,” written by Martin R. Delany and first published serially between 1859 and 1862. The book has a light brown and tan cover with black printed text. The title and author are printed on the front of the book. The back cover has an advertisement for another publication sold by Beacon Press. The interior pages are off white with black text. The book contains three hundred and twenty-one (321) pages.
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Catalog reference: 2022.23
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