Venture Smith and the business of slavery and freedom
By: edited by James Brewer Stewart ; foreword by James O. Horton
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Amherst
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9781558497405
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "How I came by my name" / Marilyn Nelson; title: A narrative of the life and adventures of Venture, a native of Africa; title: pt. 1. History; title: The African background of Venture Smith / Paul E. Lovejoy; title: Trust and violence in Atlantic history : the economic worlds of Venture Smith / Robert P. Forbes, David D. Richardson, and Chandler B. Saint; title: Venture Smith and the law of slavery / John Wood Sweet; title: "Owned by negro Venture" : land and liberty in the life of Venture Smith / Cameron Blevins; title: pt. 2. Memory; title: Venture Smith, one of a kind / Vincent Carretta; title: Keeping his word : money, love, and privacy in the narrative of Venture Smith / Anna Mae Duane; title: pt. 3. Legacy; title: The genomics perspective on Venture Smith : genetics, ancestry, and the meaning of family / Linda Strausbaugh, Joshua Suhl, Craig O'Connor, and Heather Nelson; title: Venture Smith and philosophical theories of human rights / Anne L. Hiskes; title: Venture Smith's gravestone : its maker and his message / Kevin Tulimieri; title: "The freedom business" / Marilyn Nelson; title: Venture Smith time line.