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Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts
Rebecca Hall
Illustrator: Hugo MartÃnez, lettered by Sarula Bao
Ages: 14+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 978-1-982115-18-0
Keywords: slave insurections, slavery, anti-racism, autobiography, LGBTQ+
The personal story of a historian, interwoven with the centuries-long - and still resonating - Transatlantic Slave Trade that she painstakingly researches. Stark black and white illustrations; sources.