Inheriting the Trade
A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy as the Largest Slave-Trading Dynasty in U.S. History
1st Edition
Published in December 2008
281 pages
978-0-8070-7292-9 (ISBN)
Description
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 routefrom New England to West Africa to Cubaand uncovered the hidden history of New England and the other northern states.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Boston
United States
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-0-8070-7292-9 (9780807072929)
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Thomas Norman Dewolf
Inheriting the Trade
A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy as the Largest Slave-Trading Dynasty in U.S. History
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Beacon Press
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