Venture Smith and the Business of Slavery and Freedom

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Summary

Reconstructs the journey of an eighteenth-century African from enslavement through emancipation

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Foreword	p. ix
Editor's Preface	p. xiii
"How I Came By My Name"	p. xix
A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of VENTURE,...	p. 1
History
The African Background of Venture Smith	p. 35
Trust and Violence in Atlantic History: The Economic Worlds of Venture Smith	p. 56
Venture Smith and the Law of Slavery	p. 83
"Owned by Negro Venture": Land and Liberty in the Life of Venture Smith	p. 129
Memory
Venture Smith, One of a Kind	p. 163
Keeping His Word: Money, Love, and Privacy in the Narrative of Venture Smith	p. 184
Legacy
The Genomics Perspective on Venture Smith: Genetics, Ancestry, and the Meaning of Family	p. 207
Venture Smith and Philosophical Theories of Human Rights	p. 231
Venture Smith's Gravestone: Its Maker and His Message	p. 252
"The Freedom Business"	p. 257
Documenting Venture Smith Project Time Line	p. 259
Notes on Contributors	p. 263
Index	p. 267
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