Blake or The Huts of America Author:Martin R. Delany Delany's novel, Blake, or The Huts of America, was written as something of a response to Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, as Delany was frustrated by Stowe's portrayal of black slaves as passive victims. One of the first black-authored novels to be published in America, Blake was based on Delany's own underground activities and s... more »tories told by friends who had been slaves, and it is seen as a generally accurate portrayal of insurrectionist efforts within slave communities.« less