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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 inte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Stewart, James Brewer (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2010]
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
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
1700-1799
Slavery > United States > History > 18th century.
Slavery > Connecticut > History > 18th century.
Africans > Connecticut > Biography.
Free African Americans > Connecticut > Biography.
Enslaved persons > Connecticut > Biography.
Esclavage > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Africains > Connecticut > Biographies.
Noirs américains affranchis > Connecticut > Biographies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
Africans
Free African Americans
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Race relations
Slavery
Enslaved persons
United States > Race relations > History > 18th century.
Connecticut > Race relations > History > 18th century.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Connecticut > Relations raciales > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Connecticut
United States
Biographies
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "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.

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