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Have you seen our giveaway competition? You can WIN a signed & illustrated copy of This Slavery graphic novel by guessing #HowManyHorses
Tell us the number of equines Scarlett drew in the book - follow us, share &
reply with your figure - closest wins! 🐎

October 21, 2025 at 6:28 AM Everybody can reply

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Rickard Sisters

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For those of you who are counting #HowManyHorses in your own copy, here’s a tip: We count each drawing as a fresh horse, so if you see the same horse three times on a page, that’s three horses for #HowManyHorses

A panel from This Slavery graphic novel, depicting a cobbled street at night, with light coming from the windows of terraced houses. We can see the back of a woman as she walks up the hill, thinking “But I don't belong to neither of 'em. It's like a death sentence.” A policeman on a horse comes down the hill towards them, in a looming threatening kind of way.

A panel from This Slavery graphic novel, depicting a cobbled street at night. A policeman rides a horse down the hill towards us, saying “Late to be out alone, Miss Martin.” A young woman is walking up the hill away from us, saying “I'm on my way home from robbing the bank, Mr O’Neill”. In other words, Hester Martin is giving Sergeant O’Neill cheek

A panel from This Slavery graphic novel, depicting the same woman, from the front. Her blonde hair escapes her shawl in the wind and rain. She looks back over her shoulder at the policeman and his horse retreating into the night

October 20, 2025 at 7:12 AM Everybody can reply

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Rickard Sisters

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WIN a signed & illustrated copy of This Slavery graphic novel! Scarlett loves to draw horses, and we are giving this drawn-all-over copy to
whoever gets the closest estimate of #HowManyHorses she drew in the book - follow, share & reply with your best guess to be in with a chance to
win!

October 20, 2025 at 7:12 AM Everybody can reply

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Rickard Sisters

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This Slavery graphic novel has 368 pages. Some pages have no horses at all, others are crawling with them (you might want to zoom in on this one) #HowManyHorses

A panel from This Slavery graphic novel, depicting the town from above with the mill on fire and huge crowds in a panic

October 20, 2025 at 7:12 AM Everybody can reply

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Jane C

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I haven't got the book yet. Wild guess 235.
Or 555.
Just cos I like those numbers :)
#HowManyHorses

October 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM Everybody can reply

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Rickard Sisters

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Even a small part of a horse counts as a horse for #HowManyHorses

A panel from This Slavery graphic novel, depicting a man kneeling on the floor, but we can only see his rear end - bum, legs and clogs. The foot of a large black horse stands solidly behind him. “What are you doing there?” speech bubble appears to be coming from the horse, but of course it was his rider who spoke

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