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Title Venture Smith and the business of slavery and freedom / edited by James Brewer Stewart ; foreword by James O. Horton.
Publication Info Amherst, Mass. : University of Massachusetts Press, c2010.


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Descript xvii, 279 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents "How I came by my name" / Marilyn Nelson -- A narrative of the life and adventures of Venture, a native of Africa -- pt. 1. History -- The African background of Venture Smith / Paul E. Lovejoy -- Trust and violence in Atlantic history : the economic worlds of Venture Smith / Robert P. Forbes, David D. Richardson, and Chandler B. Saint -- Venture Smith and the law of slavery / John Wood Sweet -- "Owned by negro Venture" : land and liberty in the life of Venture Smith / Cameron Blevins -- pt. 2. Memory -- Venture Smith, one of a kind / Vincent Carretta -- Keeping his word : money, love, and privacy in the narrative of Venture Smith / Anna Mae Duane -- pt. 3. Legacy -- The genomics perspective on Venture Smith : genetics, ancestry, and the meaning of family / Linda Strausbaugh, Joshua Suhl, Craig O'Connor, and Heather Nelson -- Venture Smith and philosophical theories of human rights / Anne L. Hiskes -- Venture Smith's gravestone : its maker and his message / Kevin Tulimieri -- "The freedom business" / Marilyn Nelson -- Venture Smith time line.
ISBN 9781558497405 (paper)
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Subject Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805.
Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805. Narrative of the life and adventures of Venture, a native of Africa.
Slaves -- Connecticut -- Biography.
Free African Americans -- Connecticut -- Biography.
Africans -- Connecticut -- Biography.
Slavery -- Connecticut -- History -- 18th century.
Slavery -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Connecticut -- Race relations -- History -- 18th century.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 18th century.
Alt author Stewart, James Brewer.
Descript xvii, 279 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents "How I came by my name" / Marilyn Nelson -- A narrative of the life and adventures of Venture, a native of Africa -- pt. 1. History -- The African background of Venture Smith / Paul E. Lovejoy -- Trust and violence in Atlantic history : the economic worlds of Venture Smith / Robert P. Forbes, David D. Richardson, and Chandler B. Saint -- Venture Smith and the law of slavery / John Wood Sweet -- "Owned by negro Venture" : land and liberty in the life of Venture Smith / Cameron Blevins -- pt. 2. Memory -- Venture Smith, one of a kind / Vincent Carretta -- Keeping his word : money, love, and privacy in the narrative of Venture Smith / Anna Mae Duane -- pt. 3. Legacy -- The genomics perspective on Venture Smith : genetics, ancestry, and the meaning of family / Linda Strausbaugh, Joshua Suhl, Craig O'Connor, and Heather Nelson -- Venture Smith and philosophical theories of human rights / Anne L. Hiskes -- Venture Smith's gravestone : its maker and his message / Kevin Tulimieri -- "The freedom business" / Marilyn Nelson -- Venture Smith time line.
ISBN 9781558497405 (paper)
Subject Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805.
Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805. Narrative of the life and adventures of Venture, a native of Africa.
Slaves -- Connecticut -- Biography.
Free African Americans -- Connecticut -- Biography.
Africans -- Connecticut -- Biography.
Slavery -- Connecticut -- History -- 18th century.
Slavery -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Connecticut -- Race relations -- History -- 18th century.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 18th century.
Alt author Stewart, James Brewer.
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 Wilberforce Institute  E 444 S625 V4  DEPT DECISION  ASK AT DEPT

Subject Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805.
Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805. Narrative of the life and adventures of Venture, a native of Africa.
Slaves -- Connecticut -- Biography.
Free African Americans -- Connecticut -- Biography.
Africans -- Connecticut -- Biography.
Slavery -- Connecticut -- History -- 18th century.
Slavery -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Connecticut -- Race relations -- History -- 18th century.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 18th century.
Descript xvii, 279 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents "How I came by my name" / Marilyn Nelson -- A narrative of the life and adventures of Venture, a native of Africa -- pt. 1. History -- The African background of Venture Smith / Paul E. Lovejoy -- Trust and violence in Atlantic history : the economic worlds of Venture Smith / Robert P. Forbes, David D. Richardson, and Chandler B. Saint -- Venture Smith and the law of slavery / John Wood Sweet -- "Owned by negro Venture" : land and liberty in the life of Venture Smith / Cameron Blevins -- pt. 2. Memory -- Venture Smith, one of a kind / Vincent Carretta -- Keeping his word : money, love, and privacy in the narrative of Venture Smith / Anna Mae Duane -- pt. 3. Legacy -- The genomics perspective on Venture Smith : genetics, ancestry, and the meaning of family / Linda Strausbaugh, Joshua Suhl, Craig O'Connor, and Heather Nelson -- Venture Smith and philosophical theories of human rights / Anne L. Hiskes -- Venture Smith's gravestone : its maker and his message / Kevin Tulimieri -- "The freedom business" / Marilyn Nelson -- Venture Smith time line.
Alt author Stewart, James Brewer.
ISBN 9781558497405 (paper)
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