Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 天前TIL Black Americans were developing the Afro-Futurism/Black Sci-Fi genre of literature as early as the mid-19th century. Titles such as 'Blake' (1859), 'Iola Leroy' (1892), 'Imperium In Imperio (1899)en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1162arrow-down114
arrow-up1148arrow-down1external-linkTIL Black Americans were developing the Afro-Futurism/Black Sci-Fi genre of literature as early as the mid-19th century. Titles such as 'Blake' (1859), 'Iola Leroy' (1892), 'Imperium In Imperio (1899)en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 天前message-square10fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·edit-212 天前Considering we’re talking about the era of the belief in Drapetomania, I’d say a slave revolt followed by an attempt by black people to take over Cuba would be considered sci-fi by a lot of readers. Edit: Also, sci-fi wasn’t really a thing in 1862.
Considering we’re talking about the era of the belief in Drapetomania, I’d say a slave revolt followed by an attempt by black people to take over Cuba would be considered sci-fi by a lot of readers.
Edit: Also, sci-fi wasn’t really a thing in 1862.