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

Published Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2010]

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 279 pages) : illustrations, maps Series UPCC book collections on Project MUSE 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 Summary The family, determined to honor the bicentennial of their founding ancestor's death by discovering everything possible about his life, opened burial plots in the hope of recovering DNA for genealogical tracing. What began as a scientific inquiry into African origins rapidly evolved into an interdisciplinary collaboration between historians, literary analysts, geographers, genealogists, anthropologists, political philosophers, genomic biologists, and, perhaps most revealingly, a poet. Their common goal has been to reconstruct the life of an extraordinary African American and to assay its implications for the sprawling, troubled eighteenth-century world of racial exploitation over which he triumphed. From publisher description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 08, 2023) Subject Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805. Narrative of the life and adventures of Venture, a native of Africa Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805 -- Influence Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805 SUBJECT Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805. Narrative of the life and adventures of Venture, a native of Africa Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805 -- Influence Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805 Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805 fast Subject Slavery -- United States -- History -- 18th century Slavery -- Connecticut -- History -- 18th century Africans -- Connecticut -- Biography Free African Americans -- Connecticut -- Biography Enslaved persons -- Connecticut -- Biography SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery. Africans Free African Americans Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Race relations Slavery Enslaved persons SUBJECT United States -- Race relations -- History -- 18th century Connecticut -- Race relations -- History -- 18th century Subject Connecticut United States Genre/Form Biographies History Form Electronic book Author Stewart, James Brewer, editor. LC no. 2010003401 ISBN 9781613760482 1613760485

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