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Venture Smith and the business of slavery and freedom

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

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Additional Authors
Stewart, James Brewer.
Description
1 online resource (xvii, 279 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Venture Smith and the business of slavery and freedom (Online)
Subject
  • Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805
  • Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805 > Influence
  • 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
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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.
LCCN
2010003401
OCLC
ssj0000606141
Title
Venture Smith and the business of slavery and freedom [electronic resource] / edited by James Brewer Stewart ; foreword by James O. Horton.
Imprint
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2010.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Stewart, James Brewer.
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