Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Wake

Nature of contents

bibliographycomics graphic novels

Oclc number

1232014453

Responsibility statement

Rebecca Hall ; illustrated by Hugo Martínez ; lettered by Sarula Bao

Sub title

the hidden history of women-led slave revolts

Summary

"An historical and imaginative tour-de-force, WAKE brings to light for the first time the existence of enslaved black women warriors, whose stories can be traced by carefully scrutinizing historical records; and where the historical record goes silent, WAKE reconstructs the likely past of two female rebels, Adono and Alele, on the slave ship The Unity. WAKE is a graphic novel that offers invaluable insight into the struggle to survive whole as a black woman in today's America; it is a historiography that illuminates both the challenges and the necessity of uncovering the true stories of slavery; and it is an overdue reckoning with slavery in New York City where two of these armed revolts took place. It is, also, a transformative and transporting work of imaginative fiction, bringing to three-dimensional life Adono and Alele and their pasts as women warriors. In so doing, WAKE illustrates the humanity of the enslaved, the reality of their lived experiences, and the complexity of the history that has been, till now, so thoroughly erased"--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

Classification