The Story
TIODORAS LETTERSAN HC ENSLAVED WOMANS FIGHT FOR FAMILY AND FREEDOM (MR)
(W) MARCELO D SALETE (A) MARCELO D SALETE (C) MARCELO D SALETE
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StockID: 166438 SKU: 1125FB0715
In the mid-19th century- millions of Africans were enslaved and brought to Brazil. Among them was the real-life Teodora who- separated from her husband and her son- worked in the home of a priest in São Paulo. Wishing to reconstruct the family ties lost during the journey from Africa to Brazil and to achieve emancipation for herself and her family- she gave Claro- a Black man who could read and write- money to help her write letters: some addressed to her husband and her son- whereabouts unknown- in the hopes that the letters would find them and that they could achieve this quest together; and some addressed to enslavers- intended to either help locate her family or to persuade them to let her buy her freedom. Inspired by this correspondence- Tiodora’s Letters is a rigorously researched historical work- a compelling narrative based on her letters- and masterfully drawn by D’Salete- who graphically recreates her struggle. In the 1860s- Benê- a fictional Black young man who likes Tiodora because she was kind to him- takes it upon himself to seek Tiô’s family and deliver the letters. He embarks on a dangerous and world-building journey into the interior of Brazil and to the coffee plantations where they might be. There are many wordless passages of heartbreaking horror- character beats- breathtaking drawings of nature- and much more. In Tiodora’s Letters- D’Salete reconstructs a forgotten part of Brazil's dark history of slavery and pays tribute to the strength of a woman who fo
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TIODORAS LETTERSAN HC ENSLAVED WOMANS FIGHT FOR FAMILY AND FREEDOM (MR)
(W) MARCELO D SALETE (A) MARCELO D SALETE (C) MARCELO D SALETE
FANTAGRAPHICS
StockID: 166438 SKU: 1125FB0715
In the mid-19th century- millions of Africans were enslaved and brought to Brazil. Among them was the real-life Teodora who- separated from her husband and her son- worked in the home of a priest in São Paulo. Wishing to reconstruct the family ties lost during the journey from Africa to Brazil and to achieve emancipation for herself and her family- she gave Claro- a Black man who could read and write- money to help her write letters: some addressed to her husband and her son- whereabouts unknown- in the hopes that the letters would find them and that they could achieve this quest together; and some addressed to enslavers- intended to either help locate her family or to persuade them to let her buy her freedom. Inspired by this correspondence- Tiodora’s Letters is a rigorously researched historical work- a compelling narrative based on her letters- and masterfully drawn by D’Salete- who graphically recreates her struggle. In the 1860s- Benê- a fictional Black young man who likes Tiodora because she was kind to him- takes it upon himself to seek Tiô’s family and deliver the letters. He embarks on a dangerous and world-building journey into the interior of Brazil and to the coffee plantations where they might be. There are many wordless passages of heartbreaking horror- character beats- breathtaking drawings of nature- and much more. In Tiodora’s Letters- D’Salete reconstructs a forgotten part of Brazil's dark history of slavery and pays tribute to the strength of a woman who fo
