Description: Further DetailsTitle: A Narrative of the Life and Adventure of VentureCondition: NewEAN: 9781513284767ISBN: 9781513284767Publisher: Mint EditionsFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 06/24/2021Description: 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.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 203mmItem Length: 127mmAuthor: Venture SmithContributor: Mint Editions (Contributions by)Genre: HistoryBook Series: Mint EditionsTopic: BiographyRelease Year: 2021 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: A Narrative of the Life and Adventure of Venture
Title: A Narrative of the Life and Adventure of Venture
EAN: 9781513284767
ISBN: 9781513284767
Release Date: 06/24/2021
Release Year: 2021
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 203mm
Contributor: Mint Editions (Contributions by)
Series: Mint Editions
Book Title: Narrative of the Life and Adventure of Venture
Number of Pages: 28 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: West Margin Press
Publication Year: 2021
Topic: Africa / West, African American
Genre: History
Item Length: 8 in
Author: Venture Smith
Item Width: 5 in
Book Series: Mint Editions--Black Narratives Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
