Traces of the Trade

Traces of the Trade:
"In this feature documentary, filmmaker Katrina Browne discovers that her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. She and nine cousins retrace the Triangle Trade and gain a powerful new perspective on the black/white divide."

In light of Father Pfleger's new found fame in the political arena. I came across a very interesting documentary that will air on PBS on June 24th called Traces of the Trade. What does this have to do with Father Pfleger? Well, if you listen to his sermon. He talks about white entitlement and the receiving the benefits of something your ancestor's have done. Everyone should read "Complicity: How the North Promoted, Prolonged, and Profited from Slavery." The Dewolfs are mentioned in the text because tiny Rhode Island was the largest trafficker of African slaves. Rhode Island and much of the eastern seaboard amassed great wealth from the slave trade not only by selling them, but ships, shipping, the shipping of food to the slaves, textiles from the cotton, rum from the sugar cane, and much more. Many of our greatest financial institution got their seed money from slavery. It's ironic that most black are less likely to get capital to start a business, but these companies started because of free, cheap labor, and many have the nerve to complain about immigration.