by Tom DeWolf | Feb 15, 2012 | History, Genealogy, Movies, Reviews, Trauma and Healing
Throughout history, when the battle has been between Liberty and Enterprise, Enterprise has usually won… Three items of note caught my attention this week… all caught up for centuries in this historic battle. Brown University thoroughly investigated its...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 14, 2011 | Books, Reviews, Coming to the Table
It turns out that the stories about Thomas Jefferson I learned while growing up don’t exactly tell the whole story. Funny how that happens with “history” sometimes… lots of times. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, was the...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 9, 2011 | Coming to the Table, Race, Oppression, Privilege
I met Susan Hutchison through my involvement with Coming to the Table, a group of people committed to acknowledge, understand, and heal the persistent wounds of the legacy of slavery. Susan is one of the co-founders of this remarkable organization and a descendant of...
by Tom DeWolf | Apr 11, 2010 | Author Stuff, Writing, Books, Reviews, Coming to the Table, History, Genealogy, Race, Oppression, Privilege
If you are a “white” descendant of someone who enslaved African people, two close friends of mine, Susan Hutchison and David Pettee, would love to hear from you. They are gathering stories that connect us with a part of our national history that has been...