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Wake : the hidden history of women-led slave revolts / Rebecca Hall ; illustrated by Hugo Martínez ; lettered by Sarula Bao.

by Hall, Rebecca, 1963- author.

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New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2021.

Enslaved women -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Slave rebellions -- Comic books, strips, etc.

9781982115180 (hardcover) :

1982115181 (hardcover) :

1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

"Women warriors planned and led slave revolts on slave ships during the Middle Passage. They fought their enslavers throughout the Americas. And then they were erased from history. Wake tells the story of Dr. Rebecca Hall, a historian, granddaughter of slaves, and a woman haunted by the legacy of slavery. The accepted history of slave revolts has always told her that enslaved women took a back seat. But Rebecca decides to look deeper, and her journey takes her through old court records, slave ship captain's logs, crumbling correspondence, and even the forensic evidence from the bones of enslaved women from the negro burying ground uncovered in Manhattan. She finds women warriors everywhere. Using in-depth archival research and a measured use of historical imagination, Rebecca constructs the likely pasts of Adono and Alele, women rebels who fought for freedom during the Middle Passage, as well as the stories of women who led slave revolts in Colonial New York. We also follow Rebeccas own story as the legacy of slavery shapes life, both during her time as a successful attorney and later as a historian seeking the past that haunts her. The exploration of both a personal and national legacy, Wake is a powerful reminder that while the past is gone, we still live in its wake."-- Publisher.

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