Let me emphasize this point: the more women onboard a slave ship, the more likely a revolt would occur. But one thing did stand out: The more women onboard a slave ship, the more likely a revolt. So why would a revolt happen on one ship and not another? The quantitative historians couldn't find a clear pattern, other than that captives tried to revolt whenever they would. This type of resistance was so expensive and time-consuming for the slavers, these historians estimate that it prevented at least a million more people from being captured and entering the slave trade. But Rebecca decides to look deeper, and her journey takes her through old court records, slave ship captain’s logs. The accepted history of slave revolts has always told her that enslaved women took a back seat. Nonetheless, many captives chose death over this exceptionally horrid new kind of slavery. Rebecca Hall, a historian, granddaughter of slaves, and a woman haunted by the legacy of slavery. Revolts were never easy, but revolts on slave ships in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean were basically suicide missions. That was a much higher number than anyone expected. They found that there was a revolt on at least one in ten of these voyages. The exploration of both a personal and national legacy, "Wake" is a powerful reminder that while the past is gone, we still live in its wake.“Quantitative historians who use statistical tools to study big-picture historical trends, created a vast database of research on more than 36,000 slave ship voyages that took place over four hundred years. We also follow Rebecca's own story as the legacy of slavery shapes her life, both during her time as an attorney and later as a historian seeking the past that haunts her. Using in-depth archival research and a measured approach to historical imagination, Rebecca constructs the likely pasts of women rebels who fought for freedom during the Middle Passage, as well as the stories of women who led slave revolts in colonial New York.
But Rebecca decided to look deeper, and her journey takes her through old court records, slave ship captains' logs, crumbling correspondence, and even the forensic evidence from the bones of enslaved women from the "African burial ground" uncovered in Manhattan. The accepted history of slave revolts has always told her that enslaved women took a back seat to men in fighting for freedom. Rebecca Hall, a historian, granddaughter of slaves, and woman haunted by the legacy of slavery.
They fought their enslavers throughout the Americas. Women warriors planned and led slave revolts on ships during the Middle Passage. A Best Book of 2021 by NPR and The Washington Post Part graphic novel. Summary: "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 warriors who, until now, have been left out of the historical record. Buy a cheap copy of Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led.
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