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Title:

Venture Smith and the business of slavery and freedom / edited by James Brewer Stewart ; foreword by James O. Horton.

Publisher:

University of Massachusetts Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xvii, 279 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

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.
Slaves--Connecticut--Biography.
Free African Americans--Connecticut--Biography.
Africans--Connecticut--Biography.
Slavery--Connecticut--History--18th century.
Connecticut--History--History--18th century.
Slavery--United States--History--18th century.
United States--History--History--18th century.

Other Authors:

Stewart, James Brewer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

"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.

ISBN:

1558497404 (paper : alk. paper)
9781558497405 (paper : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)368048004

LCCN:

2010003401

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)