A brief introduction by one of the cousins
Posted May 3rd, 2008 by James DeWolf PerryTom DeWolf writes:
Now that we have a blog up and running on the Traces of the Trade site (thanks, James!) I’ll add a couple of posts to introduce myself (especially for those who haven’t seen the film or read the book).
I’m one of the ten DeWolf family members who participated in the international journey to make the film. In a certain sense, I was sort of the “odd man out” in our group. I’m not directly descended from the slave traders like the other nine family participants (I’m descended from the older brother of the first slave trader in the family; a carpenter from Connecticut). I have no roots in New England like the others. The descendants of my carpenter-ancestor were all farmers in Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Iowa. I was born and raised in California and have lived on the west coast all my life. As you’ll learn in one of the pivotal scenes in the film, of all our fathers, mine is the only one without an Ivy League education.
Trailer for Traces of the Trade
Posted April 25th, 2008 by James DeWolf PerryCourtesy of P.O.V., there is now a trailer for Traces of the Trade available on the film’s web site.
Click here to watch the trailer.
