Venture Smith and the Business of Slavery and Freedom

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Copyright © 2010 by University of Massachusetts Press a l l r i g h t s r e s e r v e d Printed in the United States of America lc 2010003401 isbn 978-1-55849-740-5 Designed by Steve Dyer Set in Sabon Next with Caslon display type by Westchester Book Group Printed and bound by Thomson-Shore, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Venture Smith and the business of slavery and freedom / edited by James Brewer Stewart ; foreword by James O. Horton. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-55849-740-5 (paper : alk. paper) 1. Smith, Venture, 1729?–1805. 2. Smith, Venture, 1729?–1805—Influence. 3. Smith, Venture, 1729?–1805. Narrative of the life and adventures of Venture, a native of Africa. 4. Slaves—Connecticut—Biography. 5. Free African Americans—Connecticut—Biography. 6. Africans— Connecticut—Biography. 7. Slavery—Connecticut—History—18th century. 8. Connecticut—Race relations—History—18th century. 9. Slavery—United States— History—18th century. 10. United States—Race relations—History—18th century. I. Stewart, James Brewer. E444.S625V46 2010 306.3'62092—dc22 [B] 2010003401 British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available. “How I Came By My Name” and “The Freedom Business” copyright © 2008 by Marilyn Nelson, from The Freedom Business, published by Wordsong, an imprint of Boyds Mills Press. A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture and Documenting Venture Smith Project Time Line copyright © 2010 Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation & Beecher House Center for the Study of Equal Rights Foreword by James O. Horton appeared in Making Freedom: The Extraordinary Life of Venture Smith by Chandler B. Saint & George A. Krimsky, copyright © 2009, Wesleyan University Press. Publication of this book was aided by grants from Bio-Rad Laboratories; University of Connecticut College of Arts and Sciences; University of Connecticut College of Arts and Sciences Center for Applied Genetics and Technology; and Macalester College, Office of the Provost. ...