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THE RICHMOND SLAVE TRADE:
The Economic Backbone of
The Old Dominion



NONFICTION
ISBN 978-1609494131
Published, 2012   
The History Press
128 Pages    Paperback
$19.99

Richmond's 15th Street was known as Wall Street in antebellum times, and like its New York counterpart, it was a center of commerce. But the business done here was unspeakable and the scene heart wrenching. With over sixty-nine slave dealers and auction houses, the Wall Street area saw tens of millions of dollars and countless human lives change hands, fueling the southern economy. Local historian and author Jack Trammell traces the history of the city's slave trade, from the origins of African slavery in Virginia to its destruction at the end of the Civil War. Stories of seedy slave speculators and corrupt traders are placed alongside detailed accounts of the economic, political and cultural impact of a system representing the most immense, concentrated human suffering in our nation's history.

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GRANDMOTHER'S ATTIC

YOUNG ADULT - HISTORICAL FICTION
EBook formats ISBN: 978-1-61160-098-8
Trade paperback ISBN: 978-1-61160-353-8
Published, 2011
Whiskey Creek Press
Ebook $4.99
Paperback $14.95

Fourteen-year-old Angela Ziff finds an intriguing hat and letter in her grandmother’s attic that opens the door to a family past that no one can imagine. Though her grandmother has passed away, the old house and the objects provide clues that Angela and her best friend Alan follow through a web of deceit and danger that ultimately reveals a shocking truth. Her grandmother had been helping hide a wanted Nazi war criminal. Angela finds a grandfather she never knew she had; encounters her real father, who threatens to repeat the family violence of the past; and tries to help her damaged mother navigate the new changes and accept them. Most of all, Angela finds that she must face some of the inexplicable unfairness of life just at the moment when she thinks she finally has some answers. Everything begins in her grandmother’s attic.

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