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Black Thunder
novel by Bontemps
Black Thunder, historical novel by Arna Bontemps, published in 1936. One of Bontempsās most popular works, this tale of a doomed early 19th-century slave revolt in Virginia was noted for its detailed portrait of a slave community and its skillful use of dialect. Although it was virtually unnoticed when it was first published, a second printing in 1968 attracted much critical attention.
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