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Venture Smith and the business of slavery and freedom
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- Creator
- edited by James Brewer Stewart ; foreword by James O. Horton
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2010]
- ©2010
- Physical Details
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- xvii, 279 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781558497405, 1558497404, 9781613760482, 1613760485
- OCLC
- ocn368048004, ocn794700520
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- "How I came by my name" / Marilyn Nelson -- A narrative of the life and adventures of Venture, -- / Venture Smith -- pt. I. 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 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. II. 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. III. Legacy. The genomics perspective on Venture Smith : genetics, ancestry, and the meaning of family / Linda Strausbaugh ... [et al.] -- 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 -- Documenting Venture Smith project time line
Subjects
- Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805.
- Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805 -- Influence.
- Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805. Narrative of the life and adventures of Venture, a native of Africa.
- Enslaved persons -- 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.