{"product_id":"inheriting-the-trade-isbn-9780807072820","title":"Inheriting the Trade","description":"\u003cb\u003eA trailblazing memoir about one family’s quest to face its slave-trading past, and an urgent call for reconciliation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA difficult but necessary examination of the slave trade, racism, and privilege in the United States, \u003ci\u003eInheriting the Trade\u003c\/i\u003e 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.I cannot recommend it highly enough. The book is terrific.—Harry Smith, anchor, \u003ci\u003eThe Early Show\u003c\/i\u003e, CBS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"DeWolf's intimate confrontation with white America's 'unearned privilege' sears the conscience.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This soul-searching memoir . . . promotes conversation about 'truth of the past and its impact on the present.'\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Required reading for anyone interested in reconciliation.\" —Myrlie Evers-Williams, civil rights leader and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of Medgar Evers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[It's] like a slow motion mash up, a first-person view from within one of the country's founding families as it splinters, then puts itself back together again.\" —Edward Ball, author of \u003ci\u003eSlaves in the Family\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An eye-opening volume. It not only dispels myths about slavery but also shows how that history haunts this country to this day.\" —Katie Schneider, the \u003ci\u003eOregonian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It is [this] spirit of honesty and the willingness to confront the ugly parts of human experience that give \u003ci\u003eInheriting the Trade\u003c\/i\u003e its value.\"—Marjorie Kehe, the \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An artful merging of historical explication with biography and travelogue.\"—Mary Donnarumma Sharnick, \u003ci\u003eAmerica\u003c\/i\u003e magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A candid, powerful, and insightful book.\"—Professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., executive director, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School\u003cb\u003eThomas Norman DeWolf\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eInheriting the Trade\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand co-author (with Sharon Leslie Morgan) of Gather at the Table\u003c\/i\u003e. He is featured in the Emmy-nominated documentary \u003ci\u003eTraces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North\u003c\/i\u003e, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and aired on the acclaimed PBS series \u003ci\u003ePOV\u003c\/i\u003e. DeWolf speaks regularly about healing from the legacy of slavery and racism at colleges, conferences, and workshops throughout the United States.","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302574608613,"sku":"NP9780807072820","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780807072820.jpg?v=1767730053","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/inheriting-the-trade-isbn-9780807072820","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}