Brooding Over Bloody Revenge
Enslaved Women's Lethal Resistance

This was a difficult read for me, but soo worth it. So often, Black Women’s stories are under told and under represented in U.S. history, and so books like this are so important. The stories are presented within the framework of “Black Feminist practice of Justice”, and do a great job of providing c......more

Very clear and engaging!......more

Such an interesting and integral text. It reads like a true crime book, and with necessary historical context (such as how the law was weighed against enslaved people) that defines the rationale for these acts of resistance. I really connected with the deeply personal nature of the murders covered i......more

I am so grateful for Nikki M. Taylor for writing this book. I wanted to read about true resistance from enslaved women, but what we usually have is watered down or written as a one of a kind exception, but of course they would violently rebel. This is honest, brutal, and extremely well researched. I......more

These untold stories of enslaved Black women's violent resistance to enslavement were both difficult to read, because of the conditions that led them to commit such awful acts, and the historical silence that deemed their lives and deaths as irrelevant and unimportant. Taylor's research and retellin......more