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4.34 AVERAGE
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Harrowing and haunting, but a necessary read 🖤
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Content Warnings
Moderate: Slavery, Murder, Colonisation
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History can be haunting and this book is just further proof of that. Even so, these are really important stories put together by Rebecca Hall pulling from the most microscopic of information. Really well done.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Slavery
Moderate: Violence
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Dr. Rebecca Hall delivers a graphic novel that superbly shapes the issues in learning history. In the western world, the only participants of history consistently NOT overlooked are Caucasian men. Governments, organizations, and society as a whole deemed erasing women and anyone BIPOC from the records acceptable whenever possible. That erasure curbed for a long while, and now the USA is back pedaling, proving nothing has been learned as a collective. The pattern of men overlooking and underestimating women, especially those who are unlike them, needs to break.
Knowing that the true history and stories of slaves is buried deep and often erased is not as impactful as moving with a historian trying to uncover the truth. Placing herself in the midst of the narrative creates a personal spin to the search that pulled more emotion from me over reading a merely factual text. The speculation required to understand how and why women led slave revolts is astounding and should not be necessary. Blocking access to information about the history behind slave revolts and the slave trade goes against the principles true information specialists adhere to. BIPOC effects on history and women's impressions hide behind people more powerful. The artwork by Hugo MartÃnez captures the power the African women and slaves held and refused to give up. The graphics are uncomfortable and meant to be. Real history is scandalous, harsh, and unnerving. His illustrations force the reader to confront those feelings while reading Dr. Hall's journey for the truth.
This graphic novel should become required reading in high school for its heavy lessons and deep discussion and critical thinking value, but, alas, we seem to be running away from important literary works such as Wake.
Knowing that the true history and stories of slaves is buried deep and often erased is not as impactful as moving with a historian trying to uncover the truth. Placing herself in the midst of the narrative creates a personal spin to the search that pulled more emotion from me over reading a merely factual text. The speculation required to understand how and why women led slave revolts is astounding and should not be necessary. Blocking access to information about the history behind slave revolts and the slave trade goes against the principles true information specialists adhere to. BIPOC effects on history and women's impressions hide behind people more powerful. The artwork by Hugo MartÃnez captures the power the African women and slaves held and refused to give up. The graphics are uncomfortable and meant to be. Real history is scandalous, harsh, and unnerving. His illustrations force the reader to confront those feelings while reading Dr. Hall's journey for the truth.
This graphic novel should become required reading in high school for its heavy lessons and deep discussion and critical thinking value, but, alas, we seem to be running away from important literary works such as Wake.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Colonisation
Minor: Pregnancy
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informative
reflective
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