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Wake the hidden history of women-led slave revolts

"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...

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Main Author: Hall, Rebecca, 1963- (Author)
Other Authors: Martínez, Hugo (Comics artist) (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Women slaves > Comic books, strips, etc.
Slave insurrections > Comic books, strips, etc.
Historical comics.
Nonfiction comics.
Graphic novels.
Comics (Graphic works)
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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"--
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781982115180
1982115181
9781982115197
198211519X
Author Notes:Rebecca Hall, JD, PhD, is a scholar, activist, and educator. After graduating from Berkeley Law, she represented low-income tenants and homeless families for eight years before returning to get her PhD in history. She has taught at UC Santa Cruz, Berkeley Law, Berkeley's history department, and as a visiting professor of law at the University of Utah. She writes and publishes on the history of race, gender, law, and resistance as well as articles on climate justice and intersectional feminist theory. Dr. Hall's work has been supported by numerous grants and fellowships, including the American Association of University Women, The Ford Foundation, The Mellon Foundation, and the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. You can find out more about her at RebHallPhD.org, and on Twitter @WakeRevolt.

Hugo Martínez is an independent comic artist focused on depicting narratives of struggle, identity, and resilience. He is based in New Orleans.

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