{"product_id":"inheriting-the-trade-thomas-norman-dewolf-9780807072820","title":"Inheriting the Trade: A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy as the Largest Slave-Trading Dynasty in U.S. History","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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Norman Dewolf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807072826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807072820\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Thomas Norman Dewolf","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992465506559,"sku":"9780807072820","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_55cdfc5c-8515-45b6-833f-3545cd9662fc.jpg?v=1683319096","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/inheriting-the-trade-thomas-norman-dewolf-9780807072820","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}