The Bicentennial of U.S. Abolition of the Slave Trade
Posted June 18th, 2008 by James DeWolf Perry…Let the first of January, the day of the abolition of the slave trade in our country, be set apart in every year, as a day of publick thanksgiving for that mercy. Let the history of the sufferings of our brethren, and of their deliverance, descend by this means to our children, to the remotest generations; and when they shall ask, in time to come, saying, What mean the lessons, the psalms, the prayers and the praises in the worship of this day? Let us answer them, by saying, the Lord, on the day of which this is the anniversary, abolished the trade which dragged your fathers from their native country, and sold them as bondmen in the United States of America.
– Absalom Jones, Minister, St. Thomas African Episcopal Church of Philadelphia and freed slave
With these words, on January 1, 1808, Rev. Absalom Jones hailed the legal abolition of U.S. participation in the transatlantic slave trade, a victory which seeded the ground for greater changes yet to come.
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
Posted June 18th, 2008 by James DeWolf PerryWe are excited to announce that Traces of the Trade will be screening several times at the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in New York City. Screening dates are: June 22nd at 6:00pm, and Monday June 23rd at 1:30pm and 9:00pm. Check their website at hrw.org/iff for more details.
“Traces of the Trade” to air Tuesday, June 24 on PBS’s P.O.V. at 10PM (please check your local listing as date and time may vary)
Posted June 16th, 2008 by James DeWolf PerryTraces of the Trade will have its national broadcast television premiere on PBS on June 24.
The film will air as the season premiere of the award-winning independent documentary series, P.O.V.
The documentary will air at 10:00pm in most markets, but check your local listings for dates and times.
