Inheriting the Trade

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

A Trail-Blazing Memoir About One Family's Quest to Face Its Slave-Trading Past and an Urgent Call for Reconciliation

Inheriting the Trade is the unique story of Thomas Norman DeWolf's experiences during the making of the documentary feature film Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North. He is one of ten family members who participated in this powerful journey.

The trade paperback version of Inheriting the Trade will be published by Beacon Press in January 2009. Available for pre-order here.

To book Tom for a speaking engagement at your university, college, conference or other event, please e-mail jennifer@inheritingthetrade.com.

Watch Tom DeWolf, Katrina Browne, and Juanita Brown interviewed by anchor Harry Smith on The Early Show on CBS:

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“[Inheriting the Trade] is really good. Not because it solves anything, but because it gives us a glimpse of the enormity of the mess we're in and a sense we need to learn to live in the discomfort of it together.”
— Reader from California

Buy the Film

Traces of the Trade is now available to order on DVD.

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