Historical fiction, with an unique episode as its focal point. The
story of the abortive uprising of the Negro slaves in Richmond,
Virginia (in 1800), is told in episodic flashes and we get the
story of the blacks, aroused by the rebellion of Toussaint
L'Ouverture, incited by the idealism of powerful, simple Gabriel,
and by a situation precipitated through the needless killing of an
old slave, to battle for freedom. The night of the march on
Richmond, the heavens fall, the Negroes melt away, the revolt is
postponed. It's a tragic tale - told with some distinctive writing
and moments of real power. (Kirkus Reviews)
'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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