Venture Smith and the business of slavery and freedom / / edited by James Brewer Stewart ; foreword by James O. Horton
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Venture Smith and the business of slavery and freedom / / edited by James Brewer Stewart ; foreword by James O. Horton
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| Pubblicazione: | Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2010 |
| ©2010 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.3/62092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Enslaved persons - Connecticut |
| Free African Americans - Connecticut | |
| Africans - Connecticut | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Connecticut Race relations History 18th century |
| United States Race relations History 18th century | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | StewartJames Brewer |
| HortonJames O. | |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | "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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Venture Smith and the business of slavery and freedom |
| ISBN: | 1-61376-048-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910812626603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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