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.

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News

Filmmaker Katrina Browne and cousin Tom DeWolf, author of the personal memoir Inheriting the Trade, are scheduled to appear on CBS's The Early Show soon. Check back for details.


P.O.V.

Traces of the Trade will have its national broadcast television premiere on the PBS award-winning independent documentary series P.O.V. on Tuesday, June 24 at 10 p.m. (check your local listings).


Sundance

Traces of the Trade had its world premiere as an Official Competition Selection in the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.


The year 2008 marks the bicentennial of the abolition of the U.S. slave trade.