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Book of the Month

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Inheriting the Trade is a text that follows the DeWolf family as they realize the depth of their family’s slave-trading history. The blog of the month by author Tom DeWolf explains his inspiration for the book.


Blog of the Month

Tom Dewolf

by Tom Dewolf

When I joined nine distant cousins to retrace the steps of our ancestors through the notorious triangle slave trade route from New England to Ghana then Cuba and back I was unprepared for the profound impact our journey would have on my life. I wrote Inheriting the Trade (Beacon Press) in part to try to make sense of my experiences.

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In the News

abelincoln

New York Times photographer Patrick Witty has made a unique observation about our nation’s 16th president.

EuniceJohnson

Eunice Johnson, the force behind Fashion Fair cosmetics and the naming of Ebony Magazine, has died.

rsethwilliams

Philadelphia swears in Pennsylvania’s first African American District Attorney, R.Seth Williams.

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