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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Freedom Business: Including a Narrative of the Life & Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africadi Marilyn Nelson
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. A fascinating story of Venture or Broteer Furro, his name before enslavement. He really worked hard and had more hard knocks that any person should. Ms Nelson's poetry didn't do much for me. At first it was just a rewording of the slave narrative from the previous page, later it felt like it moved toward fiction. I really picked this up because I had heard of the slave narrative and this was the only edition I could find. I'm glad it is available. I hope others will find more in the poetry than I did. Lovely artwork! ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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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. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)811.54Literature English (North America) American poetry 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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