Considering Gilda experiences, she wrestles with the responsibilities and challenges of the new life. Gilda, in this case, takes her chances and integrates with the supernatural world of vampires.
Although the women are vampires unlike Gilda who is human, it is apparent that ending slavery was based on doing more than it was expected. In this regard, Gilda, the young black girl escapes from slavery in Louisiana, a city known for practicing slavery and runs into two vampire women who run brothels. As Allen puts it but the dreadful insurrections they had made when an opportunity had offered, this reflects on the retaliation of the slaves and considering other options such as escape (Allen 3). Gomez begins by narrating the escape of a black girl who worked in the cotton plantation together with her family (Gomez 50). The nineteenth and twentieth centuries were characterized by slavery and particularly to the black people who were oppressed in regards to their rights and being forced to work in hard labor. Although the novel is centered on supernatural world, one which is jumbled and confused to the human beings, Gomez reflects on key aspects of slavery, blackness, and women empowerment through the life of the main character, Gilda. While integrating the themes of women empowerment, slavery, and blackness in the Gilda Stories by Gomez, the historical novel focuses on a supernatural world where a young black woman thrives in the vampire world. Here, Luther is advocating for everyone regardless of their minority such as being female or black take up the role of striving to succeed in a world that is characterized by oppression, racism, slavery and gender inequality. Further, Luther states As we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always match ahead (King 20). While focusing on slavery and blackness, Martin Luther Kings speech on I have a Dream focuses on the need to have freedom and equality while focusing on the black people. Here, Allen is requesting for equal opportunities for everyone irrespective of diversity such as race or gender as their worth can be realized if only they are given similar chances as their masters.
In the letter which is addressed to the slave keepers, Allen states we believe if you tried the experiment of taking a few black children and cultivate their minds, you would find that they were not inferior (Allen 1). Richard Allen on To those who keep slaves and approve the practice talks about the need to abolish slavery as everyone is equal. Historical themes of women empowerment, blackness, and slavery remain core in developing various documents and narrations such as the Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez.
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