by Tom DeWolf | Apr 1, 2010 | History, Genealogy, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Traces of the Trade
My cousins Katrina Browne and James DeWolf Perry, along with Project Director Tulaine Shabazz Marshall, returned home from Cuba yesterday (March 31) after joining the team from the Freedom Schooner Amistad as part of the United Nations commemoration of March 25 as the...
by Tom DeWolf | Mar 30, 2010 | Inheriting the Trade, Politics, Traces of the Trade
I did not see this one coming. President Obama has nominated Goodwin Liu, an Associate Dean and Professor of Law at UC Berkeley School of Law, to serve on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Opponents have seized upon comments Liu made during a panel discussion on May...
by Tom DeWolf | Mar 28, 2010 | Coming to the Table, Traces of the Trade
A new website was launched last week by The Tracing Center on Histories and Legacies of Slavery. The mission of The Tracing Center is “to create greater awareness of the vast extent of complicity in slavery and the transatlantic slave trade and to inspire...
by Tom DeWolf | Mar 18, 2010 | History, Genealogy, Traces of the Trade
It was announced this morning that The Freedom Schooner Amistad will visit Cuba next week as part of the United Nations commemoration of March 25 as the global Day of Remembrance for the victims of the Atlantic Slave Trade. Joining the Amistad team will be my cousins...
by Tom DeWolf | Mar 6, 2010 | History, Genealogy, Traces of the Trade
Yesterday my cousin James DeWolf Perry posted a thought-provoking piece on his blog, The Living Consequences. I encourage all my friends to read it. James explores one of the most difficult challenges we all face in discussing historic enslavement and its present day...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 6, 2010 | Appearances by Tom, Books, Reviews, Inheriting the Trade, Traces of the Trade
If your book club selects Inheriting the Trade to read this year, I’m happy to join you–whereever you live–via Skype. I’ve now joined several book clubs for some terrific conversations and have been happy to answer questions about the book, the...
