| Inheriting the Trade: A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy as the Largest Slave-Trading Dynasty in U.S. History Contributor(s): Dewolf, Thomas Norman (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807072826 ISBN-13: 9780807072820 Publisher: Beacon Press OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: A trailblazing memoir about one familys quest to face its slave-trading past, "Inheriting the Trade" is DeWolfs powerful and disarmingly honest story of their journey. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Slavery - History | United States - 19th Century - History | Africa - West |
| Dewey: 306.362 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.7" (0.79 lbs) 280 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Geographic Orientation - Rhode Island - Cultural Region - New England - Cultural Region - West Africa - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Black History |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A trailblazing memoir about one family's quest to face its slave-trading past, and an urgent call for reconciliation In 2001, Thomas DeWolf discovered that he was related to the most successful slave-trading family in U.S. history, responsible for transporting at least ten thousand Africans. This is his memoir of the journey in which ten family members retraced their ancestors' steps through the notorious triangle trade route--from New England to West Africa to Cuba--and uncovered the hidden history of New England and the other northern states. A difficult but necessary examination of the slave trade, racism, and privilege in the United States, Inheriting the Trade is a powerful call for white America to reassess what they have been taught about their own ancestors, about slavery and wealth, and about America both past and present. |