A Narrative Of The Life And Adventures Of Venture A Native Of Africa But Resident Above Sixty Years In The United States Of America

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Smith, Venture

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Kessinger Publishing

""A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa but Resident Above Sixty Years in the United States of America"" is a memoir written by Venture Smith, an African man who was captured and sold into slavery as a child. The book details his life as a slave in Connecticut and his eventual purchase of his own freedom. It also chronicles his experiences as a free man, including his participation in the Revolutionary War and his successful business ventures. The book provides a rare first-hand account of the experiences of an African man in colonial America and sheds light on the realities of slavery and freedom during this time period.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Title: A narrative of the life and adventures of Venture : a native of Africa but resident above sixty years in the United States of America. Author: Venture Smith Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ SourceLibrary: Huntington Library DocumentID: SABCP03204600 CollectionID: CTRG00-B261 PublicationDate: 18350101 SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America Notes: "Printed in 1798, re-printed, A.D. 1835 ...." Collation: 24 p. ; 20 cm

A narrative of the life and adventures of Venture: a native of Africa but resident above sixty years in the United States of America.

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Gale, Sabin Americana

Venture Smith (1729-1805) was an African captive brought to the American colonies as a child. His history was documented when he gave a narrative of his life to a schoolteacher, who wrote it down and published it under the title A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture (1798). Venture Smith was born Broteer Furro in a place he recalls as Dukandarra in "Guinea". Clues in the narrative make it clear that he was from the savannah region-and the fact that he was sold at the seaport of Anomabu, in modern Ghana, suggests that he was probably originally from somewhere in modern Ghana, Togo, or Benin. He was the son of a prince who had several wives. As a young child he was kidnapped by a tribe of Africans who were employed by slave dealers. The young boy was purchased by Robertson Mumford for four gallons of rum and a piece of calico. Mumford decided to call him Venture because he considered purchasing him to be a business venture.

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

Dodo Pr

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

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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 was written in 1798. Venture came to the United States as a slave when he was eight years old. His narrative begins, "I was born at Dukandarra, in Guinea, about the year 1729. My father's name was Saungm Furro, Prince of the Tribe of Dukandarra. My father had three wives. Polygamy was not uncommon in that country, especially among the rich, as every man was allowed to keep as many wives as he could maintain. By his first wife he had three children. The eldest of them was myself, named by my father Broteer. The other two were named Cundazo and Soozaduka. My father had two children by his second wife, and one by his third. I descended from a very large, tall and stout race of beings, much larger than the generality of people in other parts of the globe, being commonly considerably above six feet in height, and in every way well proportioned."

A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture

Book Jungle

"A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture" was written in 1798. Venture Smith (1729-1805) was an African captive brought to the American colonies as a child. His history was documented when he gave a narrative of his life to a schoolteacher, who wrote it down and published it under the title "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".

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

Aeterna

A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture (1798) is an autobiography by Venture Smith. Written while Smith was living in freedom on his own farm in Connecticut, A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture is recognized by scholars as a pioneering work of African American nonfiction and one of the earliest known slave narratives in American history. Born the son of Saugnm Furro, a prince of Dukandarra, Smith was captured as a boy and sold into slavery on the Gold Coast of Africa. Brought to Barbados by way of the Middle Passage, Smith was eventually sold to Robinson Mumford, a landowner from Rhode Island. Upon arrival in the British colony, Smith was put to work in the Mumford household, gaining the trust of his enslaver while enduring the abuses of Mumford's young son. At 22, he married Meg, a fellow enslaved woman, and was soon swept up in an escape attempt with an Irish indentured servant. Betrayed at Montauk Point by the Irishman, Smith was forced to capture him and return to Rhode Island, where he was sold to Thomas Stanton in Connecticut. Separated from his wife and daughter, subjected to worse abuses than before, Smith sought to gain his freedom by any means necessary. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Venture Smith's A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture is a classic of African American literature reimagined for modern readers.

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“No other group of people have or could have survived the unimaginable horrors of slavery and still find a way to remain enthusiastically patriotic to the United States of America. This is testament to the kind heart and humanity every African American carry within ... Sam Chekwas

A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa

African Tree Press

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

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A Narrative Of The Life And Adventures Of Venture A Native Of Africa But Resident Above Sixty Years In The United States Of America

A Narrative Of The Life And Adventures Of Venture A Native Of Africa But Resident Above Sixty Years In The United States Of America

A narrative of the life and adventures of Venture: a native of Africa but resident above sixty years in the United States of America.

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

A Narrative Of The Life And Adventures Of Venture A Native Of Africa But Resident Above Sixty Years In The United States Of America

A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture

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

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A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa

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