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4.34 AVERAGE
4.34 AVERAGE
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this book will stay with me forever, i think. i started this yesterday and all day at work i could see the illustrations and words constantly in my head. read this for book club and i think this is something everyone should read. i wish it was longer !!
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Wow. Wow. Wow. I cannot get over this book. I loved the use of the graphic narrative format and the hauntological historical imaginations. The artist did a great job of using gutters and panels to show the bridging between the authors ancestry, experiences, and feelings while researching. I loved the personal story mixed with the historical ones and the way the seamlessly transitioned with the authors usage of memoir-like narratives throughout the piece, highlighting her struggles with researching. It really made me love this book more! I can’t recommend it enough—required reading for all my homies.
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The fact that the most revolts happened where there was a greater number of women present on the slave ships is huge. The researchers not coming to the conclusion that this meant women were active participants in the revolts is so blatantly sexist and stupid.
This book was so eye opening to a period of slavery in North America that largely gets brushed over: the colonial era. There’s a lot of focus on slavery after the U.S. is established up until the Civil War, but not as much about before.
This book was so eye opening to a period of slavery in North America that largely gets brushed over: the colonial era. There’s a lot of focus on slavery after the U.S. is established up until the Civil War, but not as much about before.
“The story we are given of being black in America is that we have no past, and we have no say in the future, the future that doesn’t contain us.”
Unique and interesting way to read history. The book felt part memoir, history and historical fiction. It made me want to read more about her findings and the research she was doing. I finished looking for more.
Unique and interesting way to read history. The book felt part memoir, history and historical fiction. It made me want to read more about her findings and the research she was doing. I finished looking for more.