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Traces of the trade : a story from the deep North /

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Filmmaker Katrina Browne discovers that her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. She and nine cousins retrace the Triangle Trade and gain a powerful new perspective on the black/white divide.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Roger C. (Pianist) (Composer)
Other Authors: Browne, Katrina (Screenwriter, Producer, Director), Kovgan, Alla (Director, Film editor, Screenwriter), Ray, Jude (Director, Producer), Delude-Dix, Elizabeth (Producer), Brown, Juanita (Juanita Capri) (Producer), Dory, Liz (Cinematographer), DeWolf, Thomas Norman, 1954-
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English ; closed-captioned.
Published: [Cambridge, Massachusetts?] : [Ebb Pod Productions?], [2008]
Edition:[Widescreen format].
Subjects:
DeWolf, Charles, > 1695- > Family.
DeWolf, Charles, > 1695-
Slave trade > New England > History.
Slave trade > Africa, West > History.
Slave trade > Cuba > History.
United States > Race relations > History.
Esclaves > Commerce > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire.
Esclaves > Commerce > Afrique occidentale > Histoire.
Esclaves > Commerce > Cuba > Histoire.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire.
Families.
Race relations.
Slave trade.
Cuba.
New England.
United States.
West Africa.
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Documentary films.
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
History.
Internet videos.
Video recordings.
Streaming videos.
Vidéos sur Internet.
Vidéos.
Documentaires.
Films pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:Filmmaker Katrina Browne discovers that her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. She and nine cousins retrace the Triangle Trade and gain a powerful new perspective on the black/white divide.
Item Description:Originally produced as a documentary film in 2008.
Also includes an abridged version of the film (56 min.) and printable materials (discussion guides for each version of the film & a collection of companion essays, all in PDF format).
Complements: Inheriting the trade : a Northern family confronts its legacy as the largest slave-trading dynasty in U.S. history / Thomas Norman DeWolf. Boston : Beacon Press, ©2008.
Digitally reformatted into streaming video from the DVD.
"NJVID ... digital media repository service ... provided by NJEDge.net (New Jersey Research and Education Network)"--NJVID website: http://www.njvid.net/project/index.php.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 streaming video file (86, 56 min.)) : sound, color
Production Credits:Director of photography, Liz Dory ; original score by Roger C. Miller.