Reposted from @aartireadsalot Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts, by Rebecca Hall “You think you are reading an accurate chronicle written at the time, but if who we are and what we care about are deemed irrelevant, it won’t be in there.” Did you know that the more women onboard a slave ship, the higher the likelihood of a slave revolt? Rebecca Hall taught me that, and much more, in this phenomenal graphic novel. This book is part history, part memoir, and part fiction, all working together to fill in the gaps historical records leave, and the people left out of those records. Hall has pored over countless documents in her quest to bring to light everything women went through under slavery. In many of those documents, there is the merest whisper, barely an acknowledgment of a Black woman’s presence, and she carefully follows that thread where it leads. Her point about how often women are erased from history, and how our understanding of history is therefore flawed and incomplete is an important one that she drives home in this book. It reminded me of How the Word is Passed, in which Clint Smith speculated about how different the country could be if we confronted and addressed our past sins instead of trying to find ways to evade any sense of responsibility. Rebecca Hall is doing exhaustive and groundbreaking work, and we’re so lucky that she decided to give us a glimpse into her process in this book. // You can purchase signed hardcovers of Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts from our @instagram, @facebook, @shopify, @tiktok, @librofm (audiobook) or @pinterest stores. Link in bio: @sistahscifi. Better yet, check it out from your local #library!!! // #WakeComicBook #WakeGraphicNovel #RebeccaHall #BlackHistory #Juneteenth #juneteenth2022 #SistahScifi #Audiobook #audiodrama // @simonandschuster @simonbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce_VJRWLxE2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
