Inheriting the Trade: A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy As the Largest Slave-trading Dynasty in U.S. History - Couverture rigide

Dewolf, Thomas Norman

 
9780807072813: Inheriting the Trade: A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy As the Largest Slave-trading Dynasty in U.S. History
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ISBN 10 : 0807072818 ISBN 13 : 9780807072813
Editeur : Beacon Pr, 2008

Synopsis

Book by DeWolf Thomas Norman

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Revue de presse

I cannot recommend it highly enough. The book is terrific.—Harry Smith, anchor, The Early Show, CBS

"DeWolf's intimate confrontation with white America's 'unearned privilege' sears the conscience." —Kirkus Reviews

"This soul-searching memoir . . . promotes conversation about 'truth of the past and its impact on the present.'" —Publishers Weekly

"Required reading for anyone interested in reconciliation." —Myrlie Evers-Williams, civil rights leader and author of The Autobiography of Medgar Evers

"[It's] like a slow motion mash up, a first-person view from within one of the country's founding families as it splinters, then puts itself back together again." —Edward Ball, author of Slaves in the Family

"An eye-opening volume. It not only dispels myths about slavery but also shows how that history haunts this country to this day." —Katie Schneider, the Oregonian

"It is [this] spirit of honesty and the willingness to confront the ugly parts of human experience that give Inheriting the Trade its value."—Marjorie Kehe, the Christian Science Monitor

"An artful merging of historical explication with biography and travelogue."—Mary Donnarumma Sharnick, America magazine

"A candid, powerful, and insightful book."—Professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., executive director, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School

Biographie de l'auteur

Thomas Norman DeWolf is the author of Inheriting the Trade and co-author (with Sharon Leslie Morgan) of Gather at the Table. He is featured in the Emmy-nominated documentary Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and aired on the acclaimed PBS series POV. DeWolf speaks regularly about healing from the legacy of slavery and racism at colleges, conferences, and workshops throughout the United States.

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Éditeur
Beacon Pr
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0807072818
ISBN 13 
9780807072813
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
272
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780807072820: Inheriting the Trade: A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy As the Largest Slave-trading Dynasty in U.S. History

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0807072826 ISBN 13 :  9780807072820
Editeur : Beacon Press, 2009
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