How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

by Clint Smith

Each of the faces is nameless, with the exception of the ten that sit at the front. Mathurin. Cook. Gilbert. Amar. Lindor. Joseph. Dagobert. Komina. Hippolite. Charles. These were the leaders of the largest slave rebellion in US history. These were the people who decided that enough was enough.