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4.34 AVERAGE
4.34 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
hopeful
informative
reflective
fast-paced
dark
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
This was incredible. My favorite aspect was Hall consistently breaking down pre-conceived notions about women’s involvement in slave revolts. For example, she explained that on ships, enslaved women were frequently left unchained and on deck and thus able or organize a revolt among themselves. This is drastically opposed to historians who wrote off the statistic that more women on ships led to more revolts as pure coincidence.
The art was fantastic as well, I found the moments when the past bled into the present to be particularly impactful.
The art was fantastic as well, I found the moments when the past bled into the present to be particularly impactful.
challenging
dark
mysterious
Beautifully researched and told, I found the art style very busy and hard to follow at times.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Colonisation
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Loved it! Forever interested in the parts of history that get erased and the voices that are silenced. It's important to me to seek out those stories/histories and be a witness to the forgotten.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Slavery
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Racism, Rape, Violence
adventurous
dark
informative
fast-paced
This book was incredibly emotional to read, the weaving of Rebecca Hall's story with those she was researching was incredibly impactful. The art is from Hugo Martinez only works to further iterate that with the melding of present New York with that of New York's past. making it feel even more intertwined.
Reading this was a look at stories that do go untold, but also is a scathing reminder about the amount of historical knowledge that goes unknown either by the fact we aren't looking for it or it is held in the hands of private companies that refuse to disclose it.
Reading this was a look at stories that do go untold, but also is a scathing reminder about the amount of historical knowledge that goes unknown either by the fact we aren't looking for it or it is held in the hands of private companies that refuse to disclose it.
dark
hopeful
informative
fast-paced
challenging
emotional
informative
This, as expected given the content, was so hard to read. I had to take a break more than a couple times, especially at the images of all the slaves packed into a ship in chapter 7. Really, in each chapter after that, one thing or another just hit esp hard. And, of course, it was infuriating many times, especially the way Rebecca Hall was treated by the people she spoke to while trying to get access to the historical documents she needed for her research.
As infuriating and heartbreaking as it all was, I would absolutely recommend this book to someone wanting to learn more. It not so much taught me as made me realize how impossible it is to learn the history of the victims of slavery. And still, the bravery of the women who fought back against all odds is inspiring. And of Rebecca Hall's bravery and determination to find their stories.
As infuriating and heartbreaking as it all was, I would absolutely recommend this book to someone wanting to learn more. It not so much taught me as made me realize how impossible it is to learn the history of the victims of slavery. And still, the bravery of the women who fought back against all odds is inspiring. And of Rebecca Hall's bravery and determination to find their stories.