Women warriors planned and led revolts on slave ships during the Middle Passage. They fought their enslavers throughout the Americas. And then they were erased from history. Wake tells the “riveting” (Angela Y. Davis) story of Dr. Rebecca Hall, a historian, granddaughter of slaves, and a woman haunted by the legacy of slavery. The accepted history of slave revolts has always told her that enslaved women took a back seat. But Rebecca decides to look deeper, and her journey takes her through old court records, slave ship captain’s logs, crumbling correspondence, and even the forensic evidence from the bones of enslaved women from the “negro burying ground” uncovered in Manhattan. She finds women warriors everywhere. Using a “remarkable blend of passion and fact, action and reflection” (NPR), Rebecca constructs the likely pasts of Adono and Alele, women rebels who fought for freedom during the Middle Passage, as well as the stories of women who led slave revolts in Colonial New York. We also follow Rebecca’s own story as the legacy of slavery shapes her life, both during her time as a successful attorney and later as a historian seeking the past that haunts her.
The price of "Wake Hidden History Women Led Slave Revolts Graphic Novels" at Hello Comics Downtown is USD $19.99.
The publisher of "Wake Hidden History Women Led Slave Revolts Graphic Novels" is Simon & Schuster.
The genre of "Wake Hidden History Women Led Slave Revolts Graphic Novels" is History.
"Wake Hidden History Women Led Slave Revolts Graphic Novels" falls under the category of Graphic Novels.
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