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coltonchase 's review for:
Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts
by Rebecca Hall
One of my 2022 reading resolutions is to read more graphic novels. It is a genre that I undervalue. This one blew me away. It is part historical report and part memoir.
Many historians fail to believe that enslaved women were at the forefront of many revolts. However, as the author explains, there are hundreds of records stating that women were the leaders and planners of these battles.
She does a great job with tying in her personal story, of her grandmother who was enslaved, and how researching the most violent portion of the United States’ history is hardest on those whose souls hold the collective trauma of it.
The art is so beautiful, too.
Many historians fail to believe that enslaved women were at the forefront of many revolts. However, as the author explains, there are hundreds of records stating that women were the leaders and planners of these battles.
She does a great job with tying in her personal story, of her grandmother who was enslaved, and how researching the most violent portion of the United States’ history is hardest on those whose souls hold the collective trauma of it.
The art is so beautiful, too.