![]() The story of both a personal and national legacy, it is a powerful reminder that while the past is gone, we still live in its wake. Illustrated beautifully in black and white by Hugo Martinez, Wake will take its place alongside classics of the graphic novel genre, like Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis and Art Spiegelman’s Maus. 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. Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts a book by Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martínez 25,159,161.10 raised for local bookstores Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts Rebecca Hall (Author) Hugo Martínez (Illustrator) FORMAT Paperback 19.99 18. The accepted history of slave revolts has always told her that enslaved women took a back seat. Rebecca Hall, a historian, granddaughter of slaves, and a woman haunted by the legacy of slavery. They fought their enslavers throughout the Americas. Hall shares excerpts from Wake, including illustrations by Hugo Martinez, a New Orleans-based graphic artist and illustrator. Our memories must be longer than our lifetimes.' Dr. ![]() Women warriors planned and led slave revolts on slave ships during the Middle Passage. Hall writes, 'Like at a wake,' a wake as in a funeral, 'we speak of the dead and for the dead. ![]() ![]() Part graphic novel, part memoir, Wake is an imaginative tour-de-force that tells the story of women-led slave revolts and chronicles scholar Rebecca Hall’s efforts to uncover the truth about these women warriors who, until now, have been left out of the historical record. ![]()
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