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Multimedia coverage
Reviews

Articles

April 3, 2008, Philadelphia City Paper, "Slavers in the Family," by Sam Adams. Interviews with Katrina Browne and Tom DeWolf about the family journey that resulted in the film Traces of the Trade, the book Inheriting the Trade, and the upcoming screenings of the film at the National Constitution Center on April 24 in Philadelphia as part of the ongoing Legacy of 1808 series of programs commemorating the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade.

February 21, 2008, Pittsburgh City Paper, Slaves to History,” by Bill O’Driscoll (includes quotations from Tom DeWolf in an article focused on Marcus Rediker, author of The Slave Ship, and the lack of awareness of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade)

February 7, 2008, Denver Post, Inheriting the Trade makes #2 on local best-seller list, non-fiction, in Denver, Colorado

February 3, 2008, Providence Journal,The DeWolf Family Burden” by Paul Davis

January 29, 2008, Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon, “Author confronts slave trade heritage,” by Jim Cornelius

January 22, 2008, Philadelphia Inquirer,Prospering from Bondage,” by Carrie Rickey

January 15, 2008, Denver Post,Family wrestles slave-trade past

January 9, 2008, Washington D.C. City Paper article on Book Launch Event

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Multimedia coverage

April 24, 2008, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Listen to Marty Moss-Coane, host of Radio Times interview Katrina Browne and Tom DeWolf on WHYY.

April 1, 2008, Los Angeles, California. Listen to Tom DeWolf's interview with Sonali Kolhatkar on Uprising, the popular daily radio program produced at KPFK, Pacifica radio.

March 24, 2008, Portland, Oregon. Listen to Cecil Prescod and Celeste Carey, hosts of "More Talk Radio" on weekday mornings, interview Tom DeWolf.

March 6, 2008, Bend, Oregon. Listen to Tom DeWolf's interview with Oran Teater on "Your Town" on KBND radio.

February 26, 2008, Chicago, Ill. Listen to Tom DeWolf's interview with Cliff Kelley of WVON radio.

February 20, 2008, Denver, Colo. Listen to Tom DeWolf and Keila DePoorter's interview with Ryan Warner on Colorado Public Radio.Listen

February 19, 2008, Boston, Mass. Listen to Tom DeWolf's interview with Marjorie Kehe of the Christian Science Monitor.

February 14, 2008, Portland, Oregon. Listen to Tom DeWolf’s interview with Thom Hartmann on KPOJ (620 AM) radio. Tom’s portion of this hour-long podcast lasts 15 minutes and begins half way (35 minutes) into the podcast.

February 12, 2008, Seattle, Washington. Listen to Tom DeWolf’s interview on The Dave Ross Show on KIRO (710 AM) radio.

January 23, 2008, Park City, Utah. Watch Hollywood Reporter filmed review of Traces of the Trade in which the reviewer calls Traces “one of the most profound films that ever played in Sundance.” (second of two films reviewed here)

January 22, 2008, Park City, Utah. Watch Katrina Browne and Tom DeWolf interview on Salt Lake City NBC affiliate, KSL

January 16, 2008, Boston, Massachusetts. Watch Tom DeWolf on the Chet Curtis Report on New England Cable News

January 14, 2008, watch Tom DeWolf on Book TV (C-Span 2) broadcast from Linden Place in Bristol, Rhode Island

January 2, 2008, listen to Tom DeWolf's interview with Brilliance Audio.

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Reviews

March 3, 2008, review of the audio book version of Inheriting The Trade by Publisher's Weekly.

March 1, 2008, review of the audio book version of Inheriting the Trade by Sue Rosenzweig at Encyclopedia.com.

Spring 2008, review by Anne Stewart in At the Crossroads: An Occasional Newsletter for Anti-Racist Organizers

February 19, 2008, Christian Science Monitor, "An Honest Look at a Slave-Trading Family's Past" by Marjorie Kehe

February 18, 2008, America, "A Shameful Heritage," by Mary Donnarumma Sharnick

February 10, 2008, The Oregonian,Heir to slave-trade fortune confronts the family's legacy in eye-opening narrative” by Katie Schneider

February 3, 2008, Luther Spoehr for the Providence Journal,The DeWolfs confront their past

January 15, 2008, review by Library Journal

December 15, 2007, review from Kirkus Reviews

October 22, 2007, review from Publisher's Weekly.

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      Inheriting the Trade, by Thomas Norman DeWolf, is published by Beacon Press. Copyright 2007.