Inheriting the Trade

Jan 14, 2008

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Thomas DeWolf talked about his book Inheriting the Trade: A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy as the Largest Slave-Trading Dynasty in U.S. History, published by Beacon Press. Thomas DeWolf discovered that he was the descendent of the most successful slave trading dynasty in America. When his ancestor Senator James DeWolf died in 1837 he .. Read More
Thomas DeWolf talked about his book Inheriting the Trade: A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy as the Largest Slave-Trading Dynasty in U.S. History, published by Beacon Press. Thomas DeWolf discovered that he was the descendent of the most successful slave trading dynasty in America. When his ancestor Senator James DeWolf died in 1837 he was reportedly the second-richest man in America. Thomas DeWolf's cousin, Katrina Browne, produced and directed a documentary feature film, Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North in which she, Mr. DeWolf, and eight other cousins traveled to Bristol, Rhode Island, the home of Senator James DeWolf, and to West Africa and Cuba to confront their family's past and the history of the slave trade in the North. This memoir recounts their journey. He responded to questions from members of the audience. Thomas Norman DeWolf served on the Oregon Arts Commission and as a local elected official in Oregon.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:13 Unidentified Speaker IN HIS BOOK "INHERITING THE TRADE" AUTHOR THOMAS DEWOLF DISCUSSES THE DISCOVERY HIS ANCESTORS WERE...
00:00:29 Unidentified Speaker GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY AND WELCOME. ON BEHALF OF THE LINEN PLACE HISTORICAL AND PRESERVATION SOCIETY...
00:02:06 Unidentified Speaker EVERYONE HAS SECRETS. EPISODES IN OUR PAST TO TRY TO GET MARRIED. HEAVEN FORBID THAT ANYONE SHOULD...
00:51:26 Unidentified Speaker OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE STUDIED AND RESEARCHED A LOT OF DOCUMENTATION IN THE FORM OF PAPER. WHEN YOU WERE...
00:51:39 Unidentified Speaker IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE IN GHANA THEY REALLY HAVE NOT GOT A LONG HISTORY OF STUDY IN SLAVERY OR THE...
00:53:00 Unidentified Speaker THE SLAVE TRADERS VISITORS, THE PORTS, THE SLAVE TRADERS VISITED AND ALL OF THE SHIPS AND SO ON, WHY...
00:53:14 Unidentified Speaker WHAT TOOK US TO GHANA WAS WE KNEW FROM DOCUMENTS OR KATRINA AND THE STEADY SHE HAD DONE WAS THIS FAMILY...
00:53:25 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE]
00:53:27 Unidentified Speaker YES, THERE MAY HAVE WELL BEEN OTHERS. THERE WERE CERTAINLY THREE GENERATIONS OF THE FAMILY INVOLVED...
00:54:08 Unidentified Speaker I JUST WANT TO ASK AS A FOLLOW-UP, WHAT ABOUT CUBA? WHAT WAS THE CONNECTION WITH TWO?
00:54:14 Unidentified Speaker THE FAMILY-OWNED FIVE PLANTATIONS IN CUBA OVER APRIL GO OF TIME. MOST WE BELIEVE IN THE EARLY 1800'S...
00:55:26 Unidentified Speaker I UNDERSTAND THE AFRICANS THEMSELVES WERE ALSO INVOLVED IN PICKERING SLAVES AND NOW I KNOW BILL CLINTON...
00:55:54 Unidentified Speaker WE DID. AND THAT'S ANOTHER SET. I COULD HAVE READ THE WHOLE BOOK BUT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE UNTIL...
00:58:58 Unidentified Speaker OH, SORRY, SIR.
00:59:00 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE A QUESTION WHERE I JUST NEED TO KNOW HOW YOU FELT IN THE SCENE IN THE MOVIE WHERE THERE WAS...
00:59:33 Unidentified Speaker THAT WAS ACTUALLY ASKED OF L.A., HE WAS THE ONLY ONE SPEAKING. HE SAT IN THE TOWN HALL OF CAPE COAST...
01:01:05 Unidentified Speaker I HOPE SHE WENT AWAY FEELING SATISFIED WITH THE ANSWER BECAUSE SHE APPEARED TO BE VERY SINCERE IN...
01:01:12 Unidentified Speaker SHE DID. AND ANOTHER FUNCTION OF THE MOVIE IS THAT CONVERSATION WENT ON 45 MINUTES OR SO AND WE GOT...
01:01:22 Unidentified Speaker THAT WAS TOUCHING AND I WANT TO CLOSE BY SAYING I ADMIRE YOU AND YOUR COUSINS FOR WHAT YOU'RE TRYING...
01:01:49 Unidentified Speaker WELL, AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND ALSO INVITE YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT DIALOGUE....
01:02:44 Unidentified Speaker TOM, THANK YOU. IT'S GRIPPING AND IT'S MOVING AND IT'S ALL INCREDIBLE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND WHAT YOU...
01:03:11 Unidentified Speaker WELL, BEING DEVELOPED CORRECTLY AS CURRICULUM. WE HAVE BEEN DASHED TO A CAN'T GET AWAY FROM EPISCOPALIANS...
01:05:45 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T REALLY KNOW THE TIMELINE OF HISTORY BUT SINCE ENGLAND HAD MADE, HAD ABOLISHED SLAVERY SOME...
01:05:59 Unidentified Speaker ABOUT 1834, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
01:06:01 Unidentified Speaker I JUST WONDER FOR THE FAMILIES OVER HERE, WERE THEY LOOKING AND SAYING YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS...
01:06:30 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THE DeWOLF FAMILY WAS PRIMARILY INVOLVED IN SLAVE TRADE IN. I MEAN, THEY OWNED A BANK HERE,...
01:09:38 Unidentified Speaker IF YOU'RE ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, YOU KNOW, SOON, WHAT DO YOU THINK SHOULD HAPPEN?...
01:09:52 Unidentified Speaker WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH IS THE SYSTEMS, THE CULTURE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR NATION THAT IS FUNDAMENTALLY...
01:12:47 Unidentified Speaker RIGHT, THOMAS JEFFERSON WAS SUPPORTED BY THE DEWOLF FAMILY AND PEOPLE OF MONEY DID NOT TYPICALLY SUPPORT...
01:14:57 Unidentified Speaker THOMAS DEWOLF SERVED ON THE CITY COUNCIL IN BAND, OREGON AND THE COUNTY COMMISSION.

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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