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Traces of the Trade by Katrina Browne with Alla Kovgan, Jude Ray, Elizabeth Delude-Dix and Juanita Brown. | Click to read the synopsis

First-time filmmaker Katrina Browne makes a troubling discovery — her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. She and nine fellow descendants set off to retrace the Triangle Trade: from their old hometown in Rhode Island to slave forts in Ghana to sugar plantation ruins in Cuba. | Read the synopsis »

Premiered: June 24, 2008 at 10PM | Check for Rebroadcasts

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"The need to go on the journey was a deeply personal calling, and something I needed to deal with, but I probably wouldn't have made Traces of the Trade if I had felt like it was purely a personal issue."
  —Katrina Browne

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Linden Place in Bristol, RI.

MAKING AMENDS FOR SLAVERY

Seven states have recently passed resolutions acknowledging and regretting their participation in the slave trade. Learn more about these resolutions, the on-going debate surrounding reparations in the U.S., and compare these remedies with what other countries with similar legacies have done to make amends.  » 

Tom DeWolf speaking with an African-American woman during a candlelight procession that was part of Panafest in Cape Coast, Ghana. Credit: Amishadai Sackitey

BOOK EXCERPT

Inheriting the Trade is Tom DeWolf's powerful and disarmingly honest memoir of the journey documented in Traces of the Trade. Read along as Tom shares his perspective on the events in Traces of the Trade and send in your questions for Tom. 25 lucky questioners will receive a free copy of his book!  » 

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Posted June 23, 2008

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