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P.O.V. Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North

When first-time filmmaker Katrina Browne discovers that her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history, she and nine fellow descendants set off to retrace the Triangle Trade. Tuesday, June 24th 10PM KUAT6 by Hector Gonzalez

First-time filmmaker Katrina Browne makes a troubling discovery

First-time filmmaker Katrina Browne makes a troubling discovery — her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history.

She and nine fellow descendants set off to retrace the Triangle Trade: from their old hometown in Rhode Island to slave forts in Ghana to sugar plantation ruins in Cuba.

Step by step, they uncover the vast extent of Northern complicity in slavery while stumbling through the minefield of contemporary race relations.

In this bicentennial year of the abolition of the U.S. slave trade, “Traces of the Trade” offers powerful new perspectives on the black/white divide. An Official Selection of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

See previews and find out more at pbs.org

Watch it Tuesday, July 24th at 10:00 p.m. on KUAT6 and 10:30 p.m. on KUAT-HD

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