A narrative of the life and adventures of Venture, a native of Africa
Subtitle: but resident above sixty years in the United States of America
By: related by himself ; revised and republished with traditions by H.M. Selden
Contributors: Selden, H. M. (Henry M.); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: African Americans; Biography; Free African Americans; Black people; Slaves; Slavery; History; Social life and customs; Slaves' writings, American
Other titles: North American slave narratives.
Description: Born in Africa and named Broteer, Venture lived with his family until a tribal war when he was about six. He was then sold and was brought to America by a man who named him Venture, and lived as a slave until he was in his forties. Managing to earn enough to purchase his freedom, he also purchased his wife, his children and several other adult males. He lived his life in New York, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Includes various experiences while in Africa, and as both a slave and a free man in the U.S. Includes additional stories compiled by H.M. Seldon as told by people who remembered Venture and his children and, finally, the inscription on his tombstone.
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This electronic edition has been transcribed from a microfilm copy supplied by North Carolina State University Library.

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Transcribed from microfilm of: A narrative of the life and adventures of Venture, a native of Africa : but resident above sixty years in the United States of America / related by himself ; revised and republished with traditions by H.M. Selden, Haddam, Conn., 1896. Middletown, Conn. : J.S. Stewart, Printer and Bookbinder, 1897. 41 p. Originally published: New London : Printed in 1798. Reprinted A.D. 1835, and Published by a Descendant of Venture.

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