Part graphic novel, part memoir, it is a powerful reminder that while the past is gone, we still live in its wake. Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall, Hugo Martnez (Illustrator) 4.5 Paperback 19.99 Hardcover 25.49 Paperback 19.99 eBook 14. Strikingly illustrated in black and white, Wake explores both a personal and a global legacy. Beneath both is Hall’s own tale: of a life lived in the shadow of slavery and its consequences. Rebecca Hall, a historian, granddaughter of slaves, and a woman haunted by the legacy of slavery. With in-depth archival research and a measured use of historical imagination, she constructs the likely pasts of women rebels who fought for freedom on slave ships bound to America, as well as the stories of women who led slave revolts in Colonial New York. In Wake Rebecca Hall, a historian, a granddaughter of slaves, and a woman haunted by the legacy of slavery, tells their story. And those of us who live in the wake/ruins learn that were inferior and needed to be conquered and enslaved. Like History written by the victors always erases the resistance. tags: history, revolt, slavery, transatlatic-slave-trade, women. They fought their enslavers throughout the Americas. Rebecca Hall, Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts. Women warriors planned and led slave revolts on slave ships during the passage across the Atlantic. The Guardian calls it a “must-read”, Angela Davis and Donna Haraway praise it, and we hope that this graphic novel and inquiry will find many readers: “Wake” from Rebecca Hall. Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts Rebecca Hall
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