Dain Perry at FPCG
Mr.Dain Perry, a member of the family chronicled in the documentary Traces of the Trade, will be a guest preacher at FPCG at this Sunday’s worship (Oct 17).
Later in the afternoon, Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North will be screened at FPCG at 4:00 pm that same day. Dain and Constance, his wife, will also be at the screening and will lead the discussion which follows. This screening is presented by Neighborhood Interfaith Movement (NIM).
About the Film:
In the feature documentary Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North, filmmaker Katrina Browne discovers that her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. She and nine cousins retrace the Triangle Trade and gain powerful new perspectives on the black/white divide. Click here to learn more about the film.
Dain participated in the documentary along with his brother, Jim, and nephew, James (below). He grew up in Charleston, South Carolina. He now lives in Boston and is recently retired. During the 1970s, he worked for a non-profit agency that promoted reform in the criminal justice system, particularly prison reform. Dain has been a member of his church vestry and has been an active volunteer in his community for many years, including serving on the boards of several nonprofit organizations.