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050 00 $aPS3573.A4795$bF74 2008
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100 1 $aNelson, Marilyn,$d1946-
245 14 $aThe freedom business :$bincluding A narrative of the life and adventures of Venture, a native of Africa /$cpoems by Marilyn Nelson ; art by Deborah Dancy.
260 $aHonesdale, Pa. :$bWordsong,$cc2008.
300 $a72 p. :$bcol. ill. ;$c26 cm.
520 $aBorn the prince of Dukandarra, Guinea, Broteer Furro was captured by slave traders at age six. As Broteer stepped off the African continent and onto a cargo ship bound for Rhode Island, the vessel's steward purchased the boy and gave him a new name: Venture. The young man crossed the Atlantic Ocean, landed in Narragansett, and worked through three decades of slavery to buy not only his own freedom but also the freedom of his wife and children. Remarkable in his own time for his Ambition and physical stature, Venture Smith would become known to history as the first man to document both his capture from Africa and life as an American slave. Poems by Marilyn Nelson sit opposite the text of Venture Smith's own narrative.
505 0 $aWitness -- Earliest memory -- Hellhounds -- Forty-two perfect days -- Honor among slavers -- A treasure buried -- Pestilence -- Anamaboo -- How I came by my name -- A voyage by sea -- Keeper of the keys -- Two masters -- Whispered plans -- Fat on the fire -- Meg -- December moonrise -- Sailing to Saybrook -- Aubade -- Work song -- Cows in the shade -- Sap rising -- Farm garden -- Mingo -- The incident of the clams -- The freedom business.
600 10 $aSmith, Venture,$d1729?-1805$vPoetry.
650 0 $aSlaves$zConnecticut$zMiddle Haddam$vPoetry.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$zConnecticut$vPoetry.
651 0 $aConnecticut$vPoetry.
600 10 $aSmith, Venture,$d1729?-1805$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aSlavery$zConnecticut$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$zConnecticut$vPoetry$xAfrican Americans.
700 1 $aDancy, Deborah.
700 12 $aSmith, Venture,$d1729?-1805.$tNarrative of the life and adventures of Venture, a native of Africa.
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