MARC Record from Library of Congress

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008 100202s2010 maua b s001 0deng
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020 $a9781558497405 (paper : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aE444.S625$bV46 2010
082 00 $a306.3/62092$aB$222
245 00 $aVenture Smith and the business of slavery and freedom /$cedited by James Brewer Stewart ; foreword by James O. Horton.
260 $aAmherst :$bUniversity of Massachusetts Press,$cc2010.
300 $axvii, 279 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a"How I came by my name" / Marilyn Nelson -- A narrative of the life and adventures of Venture, a native of Africa -- pt. 1. History -- The African background of Venture Smith / Paul E. Lovejoy -- Trust and violence in Atlantic history : the economic worlds of Venture Smith / Robert P. Forbes, David D. Richardson, and Chandler B. Saint -- Venture Smith and the law of slavery / John Wood Sweet -- "Owned by negro Venture" : land and liberty in the life of Venture Smith / Cameron Blevins -- pt. 2. Memory -- Venture Smith, one of a kind / Vincent Carretta -- Keeping his word : money, love, and privacy in the narrative of Venture Smith / Anna Mae Duane -- pt. 3. Legacy -- The genomics perspective on Venture Smith : genetics, ancestry, and the meaning of family / Linda Strausbaugh, Joshua Suhl, Craig O'Connor, and Heather Nelson -- Venture Smith and philosophical theories of human rights / Anne L. Hiskes -- Venture Smith's gravestone : its maker and his message / Kevin Tulimieri -- "The freedom business" / Marilyn Nelson -- Venture Smith time line.
600 10 $aSmith, Venture,$d1729?-1805.
600 10 $aSmith, Venture,$d1729?-1805$xInfluence.
600 10 $aSmith, Venture,$d1729?-1805.$tNarrative of the life and adventures of Venture, a native of Africa.
650 0 $aSlaves$zConnecticut$vBiography.
650 0 $aFree African Americans$zConnecticut$vBiography.
650 0 $aAfricans$zConnecticut$vBiography.
650 0 $aSlavery$zConnecticut$xHistory$y18th century.
651 0 $aConnecticut$xRace relations$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aSlavery$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century.
651 0 $aUnited States$xRace relations$xHistory$y18th century.
700 1 $aStewart, James Brewer.