18th Annual CommUNITY Commemoration Report

18th Annual CommUnity Commemoration, we have viewed the film Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North.

This film chronicles a unique and disturbing journey into the history and legacy of the U.S. slave trade. The 90-minute documentary tracks what happens as filmmaker Katrina Browne comes to grips with the discovery that her New England ancestors, the Rhode Island based DeWolf family were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. Her film is a probing essay into divergent versions of a nation’s history.

This is the film trailer.

 

 

After the film viewing, one of the DeWolf descendants Mr. James DeWolf Perry, VI gave us a moving speech. He is one of the DeWolf family members in the film.

Below are his full speech (part 1 and part 2).

 

 

 

Please go to the site Traces of the Trade for more information.