Videos

Chandler Saint talked about the life of Venture Smith, an African child who was captured and sold into slavery in the U.S. when he was ten years old. Mr. Smith eventually purchase his freedo…

Anna Mae Duane talked about problems in teaching the Narrative of Venture Smith and problems that modern audiences have reconciling with his attitudes about capitalism, money, love, and fami…

Marta Daniels and Nancy Byrne talked about how they discovered the location of Venture Smith’s first farm. They used deed research, computer mapping with correction for magnetic drift, and f…

Chandler Saint, co-director with David Richardon of the Documenting Venture Smith Project, made opening remarks at a two-day conference centered on interdisciplinary study of the life of Ven…