Book Giveaway For Inheriting the Trade: A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy as the Largest Slave-Trading Dynasty in U.S. History

[close] In 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.

http://www.interitingthetrade.com

"I cannot recommend it highly enough."
-Harry Smith, Anchor, CBS TV

"Required reading for anyone interested in reconciliation"
-Myrlie Evers-Williams, Civil Rights Leader

"...not only dispels myths about slavery but also shows how that history haunts this country to this day"
-The Oregonian [close]