The Life and Adventures of Venture

Venture Smith (1729 - 1805)

Venture Smith was an African captured as a child and transported to the American colonies to be sold as a slave. As an adult, he purchased his freedom and that of his family. His history was documented when he gave a narrative of his life to a schoolteacher, who wrote it down and published it under the title A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa: But Resident above Sixty Years in the United States of America, Related by Himself. (Introduction by Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Memoirs

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 0 - Preface Bill Boerst
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Play 02 1 - Chapter 1 Bill Boerst
00:16:49
Play 03 2 - Chapter 2 Bill Boerst
00:23:21
Play 04 3 - Chapter 3 Bill Boerst
00:14:01