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Title Traces of the trade a story from the deep north / directed, produced & written by Katrina Browne.

Imprint [S.l.] : California Newsreel, 2008.

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Location Call No. Status
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult DVD, Nonfiction  DVD 306.362 TRA    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details Enhanced DVD.
Must a have computer with a DVD player to access the pdf files.
Summary 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. Step by step, they uncover the vast extent of Northern complicity in slavery while also stretching and stumbling their way through the minefield of contemporary race relations. The film is intended as a catalyst for dialogue, education and action through screenings in communities and classrooms.
Note Special features include a 51 min. abridged version, extended interviews with scholars, an interview with the filmmaker, and 3 pdf files including a discussion guide.
Language Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Subject Reparations for historical injustices.
Local Subject Trafficking in enslaved persons -- History.
Subject Civil rights movements.
United States -- Race relations -- History.
Elmina Castle (Elmina, Ghana)
De Wolf family.
Families -- United States -- History.
Slave trade -- Africa -- History.
Cape Coast Castle (Cape Coast, Ghana)
Local Subject Trafficking in enslaved persons -- Africa -- History.
Subject Slave trade -- History.
Slavery -- United States -- History.
Added Author California Newsreel (Firm)
Added Title Story from the deep north
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