Traces of the Trade

Emmy-nominated PBS documentary about James DeWolf, the most prolific slave trader in US history, the DeWolf family today, and the North's complicity in slavery.

[James DeWolf Perry @JDeWPerry]

Emancipation wasn't a gift from white folk. Pass it on. #Juneteenth

"The actions of those men helped transform a conflict fought initially to preserve the Union into one that destroyed slavery as well." https://t.co/BKwXpbZfKs

[James DeWolf Perry @JDeWPerry]

"The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace, and brotherhood. The trailblazers in human, academic, scientific, and religious freedom have always been nonconformists." #MartinLutherKingJr

[James DeWolf Perry @JDeWPerry]

I was in the room when now-Speaker Johnson tried to gaslight America into believing that Black Americans are to blame for racial inequality, rather than the legacy of slavery and racism.

I could hardly believe he did so by quoting King, who passionately believed otherwise.

[James DeWolf Perry @JDeWPerry]

Interviewing Professor Ogletree for our PBS documentary, "Traces of the Trade," was a defining moment which inspired and guided my own work in racial justice, and I will be forever grateful.

[James DeWolf Perry @JDeWPerry]

Confronted with the history of slavery and racism in "free states" like California, the National Review offers the idea that it isn't fair to present just one side of the history.

It looks like they've run headlong into the point.

https://t.co/YKN3K5xY0G

[James DeWolf Perry @JDeWPerry]

“We are ready now to begin to make tangible investment in African-American people and communities as reparation for our history of slavery.”

“But we can't really do that and have it be meaningful unless, at the very beginning, we stop and take a moment and accept accountability”

[James DeWolf Perry @JDeWPerry]

This person's ancestors "worked in the mills" of England, so they "gained nothing from slavery." 😬

https://t.co/ZLqU366wxA #reparations #slavery

[James DeWolf Perry @JDeWPerry]

“No one living in the family knew about it. It had been expunged from the family history.”

I know what that's like.

[James DeWolf Perry @JDeWPerry]

"Historical sites like Elmina Castle ... are landmarks for all of humankind."

"Whether your ancestors participated as organizers of the slave trade or not, or were among the trafficked or not, their history is all of our history." https://t.co/ubxakuoESv

[Mark Masselli @CHCMasselli]

This evening, @CHCConnecticut, @MCHSCT, the African American Studies Department at @wesleyan_u, and churches from Middletown, CT will screen the award winning documentary @TracesofTrade There will be a panel discussion on Thursday. Learn more and register https://t.co/QlUlmbyoos

[no more @noleslyehere]

In a recent phone conversation, a friend mentioned @TracesofTrade. It was my first time hearing of this important film from 2008 about chattel slavery in the US. #TracesOfTheTrade #chattelslavery https://t.co/LI0ArAD3Jv

[James DeWolf Perry @JDeWPerry]

We erect statues to the wrong people. The right choices are there, if we only bother to look. https://t.co/xmfswJfAA1

[James DeWolf Perry @JDeWPerry]

The Washington Post found more than 1,700 members of Congress who enslaved people.

My own ancestor, Senator James DeWolf of Rhode Island, whose name I bear, was one of them.

We need to acknowledge this history ... even if that means talking about our own families.

[James DeWolf Perry @JDeWPerry]

Well... we do it from infancy. So the question is, how can a child ever be too young to start unlearning racism, in careful and age-appropriate ways?

[James DeWolf Perry @JDeWPerry]

Come celebrate #Juneteenth2021 while learning about the role of New England in the slave trade, and how all Americans can respond to this legacy today.

Courtesy of @RISlaveHistory's medallion installation and @DeWolfTavern.

[Tracing Center @TracingCenter]

Join at 5pm ET for a virtual screening of our film @TracesofTrade, about the North's role in the slave trade and its legacy, and discussion w/@JDeWPerry, principal historical consultant and DeWolf slave-trade descendant. https://t.co/5xuXlbFnww

[Tracing Center @TracingCenter]

Virtual screening of our film @TracesofTrade, about the North's role in the slave trade and its legacy, April 25 w/@JDeWPerry. https://t.co/5xuXlbnMEY

[James DeWolf Perry @JDeWPerry]

The entire premise of this story appears to be that being #vaccinated allows one to abandon all COVID-19 precautions.

This is dangerous.

https://t.co/mDjMZGWdd0

[James DeWolf Perry @JDeWPerry]

Louisa DeWolf Munro was born in central Africa.

She was sold on the African coast to a member of my family.

She labored, suffered, loved, and died in a foreign country.

By the end of her life, it was her home, and she had become an integral part of its history.

[Avon Theatre Film Center @AvonTheatre]

#TracesOfTfheTrade (2008) (NR)
10/24 at 11am
🎟️https://t.co/K5nP4IlqLJ

Co-presented by #ChristChurchGreenwich
Post-film Q&A w/ #ReverendMarekZabriskie
& #KelliRGibson

Temperatures will be taken & masks must be worn.

@pbs @POVdocs
@YouTube #AvonTheatre

https://t.co/zqnL4KrvWT