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destdest 's review for:
Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts
by Rebecca Hall
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-paced
“If you believe something doesn’t exist, you don’t go looking for it. Worse, if you stumble on it, you still can’t see it.”
I’ve always asked why there is so little attention on slave revolts from people of African descent, hmm... I really enjoyed the level of research Hall has compiled, and the digging she did to find the little that was documented. Then, she had to look between the lines. I also like the focus on female-led revolts. Society often underestimates black women and we see here how it led to many of these slave monster's demise.