This is a word, a podcast from Slate. I'm your host, Jason Johnson.

It's Women's History Month and for centuries, black women have been erased from key moments in American history.

But they've been freedom fighters from the beginning, often participating, and even leading revolts against slavery.

I hope people understand how history is actually a weapon,

so you better arm yourself with knowledge.

More on the book, Wake, the hidden history of. yourself with

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women-led slave revolts coming up on a word with me

Jason Johnson.

Stay tuned. Welcome to a word a podcast about race and politics and everything else. I'm your

host Jason Johnson. March is Women's History Month and we thought it would be a

great opportunity to talk about a book that

takes a unique approach to exploring the role of black women in American history.

It's called Wake, the hidden history of women-led slave revolts. It combines historical

narratives with illustrations depicting African and African-American women

rising up against their enslavers, often at the cost of their own lives.

Wake also tells the story of its author, historian, attorney, and educator Rebecca Hall

and request to bring these narratives forward after centuries of suppression and neglect.

Hall spent countless hours

combing through historical records in the United States and Great Britain,

often piecing together the stories of these women from documents that

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