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septimasexta ago

SLIMEBALL SPONSOR OF THE HOUSE BILL:

"CICILLINE, David N., a Representative from Rhode Island; born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., July 15, 1961; graduated from Narragansett High School, Providence, R.I., 1979; B.A., Brown University, Providence, R.I., 1983; J.D., Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 1986; public defender, Washington, D.C., 1986-1987; lawyer, private practice; lawyer, public advocate; faculty, Roger Williams Law School, Bristol, R.I.; unsuccessful nominee to the Rhode Island state senate in 1992; member of the Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1995-2003; Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 2008; Mayor of Providence R.I., 2003-2011; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Twelfth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2011-present)."

BROWN UNIVERSITY GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY BRISTOL,R.I. LAW FACULTY

BRISTOL RHODE IS. WAS THE SEAT OF SLAVE TRADING FROM AFTER 1812 TO AFTER 1865. Slave trader James deWolf ran the town and was the chief employer for his slave triangle trade empire. He was outed in 2009 by ancestor Katrina Brown. She made a video about his dark deeds called TRACES OF THE TRADE. She also authorized family research for the book JAMES DeWOLF AND THE RHODE ISLAND SLAVE TRADE.

"A grandmother's confession alerted Browne at an early age to the family's infernal legacy. She does research. From 1769 to 1820, DeWolf ships sailed to the coast of Ghana to trade rum and other goods for slaves who were then sold in the New World or brought to family sugar plantations in Cuba. The sugar was then transported back to Bristol to make more rum in family distilleries. They had shrewdly put together what today would be described as a vertically integrated corporation.

But it wasn't just the DeWolfs. The entire town of Bristol, the historic heart of the trade, was involved. This film forever buries the myth of Southern guilt. Slavery was legal for 200 years in the North and the North dominated the trade. As a political favor, none other than President Jefferson appointed an in-law to head the Bristol customs office so the DeWolfs could continue the trade long after its abolition. Can you imagine a more depressing historical fact than that?

Browne wrote to 200 descendents, inviting them to join her on a journey to trace this legacy. Nine members did. Starting with the grand mansions, warehouses, company records, artifacts and a slave gravesite in Rhode Island, the group flies to Ghana to tour slave forts with their nearly impenetrable dungeons. They move on to Cuba, where they discover the ruins of a DeWolf plantation building." https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/review-traces-trade-103202

Videography work, Trace of the Trade cuban segment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F57OOvsFzL0

septimasexta ago

Traces of the Trade - Ghana: Process of Entering Slavery - POV | PBS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9nzoyd6uVI