Venture for freedom
Subtitle: the true story of an African Yankee.
By: With woodcuts by Ann Grifalconi.
Contributors: Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805.; Grifalconi, Ann, ill.
Publisher: World Pub. Co.
Published: 1969
Place of publication: Cleveland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
Subjects: Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805 -- Juvenile literature.; Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805.; Slavery -- Connecticut -- Juvenile literature.; Slavery -- Connecticut.
Description: Only seven years old when captured by enemy tribesmen, the son of a West African tribal king related in his old age the biography on which this account of his capture, slavery, and successful struggle for freedom is based.
Notes: Adapted from A narrative of the life and adventures of Venture, a native of Africa, by Venture Smith.