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Venture Smith and the business of slavery and freedom
- Title
- Venture Smith and the business of slavery and freedom / edited by James Brewer Stewart ; foreword by James O. Horton.
- Publication
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2010.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Stewart, James Brewer.
- Description
- xvii, 279 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805 > Influence
- Free African Americans > Connecticut > Biography
- Africans > Connecticut > Biography
- Slaves > Connecticut > Biography
- Slavery > United States > History > 18th century
- United States > Race relations > History > 18th century
- Slavery > Connecticut > History > 18th century
- Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805 > Narrative of the life and adventures of Venture, a native of Africa
- Connecticut > Race relations > History > 18th century
- Bibliography (note)
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc E 10-1164
- ISBN
- 9781558497405 (paper : alk. paper)
- 1558497404 (paper : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2010003401
- OCLC
- 368048004
- Title
- Venture Smith and the business of slavery and freedom / edited by James Brewer Stewart ; foreword by James O. Horton.
- Imprint
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Stewart, James Brewer.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 10-1164