Inheriting the trade : a Northern family confronts its legacy as the largest slave-trading dynasty in U.S. history /

"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 notorio...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: DeWolf, Thomas Norman, 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Beacon Press, ©2008.
Temas:
DeWolf, Charles, > 1695- > Family.
DeWolf, Thomas Norman, > 1954- > Family.
DeWolf, Thomas Norman, > 1954- > Travel > New England.
DeWolf, Thomas Norman, > 1954- > Travel > Africa, West.
DeWolf, Thomas Norman, > 1954- > Travel > Cuba.
DeWolf, Charles, > 1695-
DeWolf, Thomas Norman, > 1954-
Geschichte.
Slave traders > New England > Biography.
Slave trade > New England > History.
Slave trade > Africa, West > History.
Slave trade > Cuba > History.
Marchands d'esclaves > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Biographies.
Esclaves > Commerce > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire.
Esclaves > Commerce > Afrique occidentale > Histoire.
Esclaves > Commerce > Cuba > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
Families.
Slave trade.
Slave traders.
Travel.
Sklavenhandel
New England > Biography.
Nouvelle-Angleterre > Biographies.
West Africa.
Cuba.
New England.
Neuengland
Biography
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Family Tree
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: Growing Up White
  • Chapter 2: “Frail limbâ€?d, well fed, and speaks good Englishâ€?
  • Chapter 3: “So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord!â€?
  • Chapter 4: The Great Folks
  • Chapter 5: “I tremble for my country . . .â€?
  • Chapter 6: Akwaaba
  • Chapter 7: “Under a Patchwork of Scarsâ€?
  • Chapter 8: The Door of No Return
  • Chapter 9: “I have to do it every dayâ€?
  • Chapter 10: Gye Nyame
  • Chapter 11: The Middle Passage
  • Chapter 12: La Habana
  • Chapter 13: “Our Nice Protestant Selvesâ€?
  • Chapter 14: Arca de NoéChapter 15: In the Fishbowl
  • Chapter 16: My Harvard Education
  • Chapter 17: Repairing the Breach
  • Chapter 18: Sankofa
  • Afterword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes

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