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2008., Juvenile, Wordsong Call No: 811.5 NEL Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Born 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.
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c2008, Pre-adolescent, Wordsong Call No: 811 .54 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Born the prince of Dukandarra, Guinea, Broteer Furro was captured by slave traders at age six. Renamed Venture, the young man landed in Narragansett, and worked through three decades of slavery to buy his own freedom and the freedom of his wife and children. Poems by Marilyn Nelson sit opposite the text of Venture Smith's own narrative.
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2008., Wordsong Call No: 811 .54 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A collection of poems by Marilyn Nelson, accompanied by prose by African slave Venture Smith and watercolor painting by Deborah Dancy.