Venture Smith and the Business of Slavery and Freedom.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Editor's Preface -- "How I Came By My Name" -- A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of venture, . . . -- Part I: History -- Chapter 1: The African Background of Venture Smith -- Chapter 2: Trust and Violence in Atlantic History: The Economic Worlds of Venture Smith -- Chapter 3: Venture Smith and the Law of Slavery -- Chapter 4: "Owned by Negro Venture": Land and Liberty in the Life of Venture Smith -- Part II: Memory -- Chapter 5: Venture Smith, One of a Kind -- Chapter 6: Keeping His Word: Money, Love, and Privacy in the Narrative of Venture Smith -- Part III: Legacy -- Chapter 7: The Genomics Perspective on Venture Smith: Genetics, Ancestry, and the Meaning of Family -- Chapter 8: Venture Smith and Philosophical Theories of Human Rights -- Chapter 9: Venture Smith's Gravestone: Its Maker and His Message -- "The Freedom Business" -- Marilyn Nelson -- Documenting Venture Smith Project Time Line -- Notes on Contributors -- Index -- Back Cover.

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