Videos

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 family. After her remarks,…

Professor Robert Hall played the part of Venture Smith in period costume as he was interviewed about his life story. Venture Smith (1729-1805) was enslaved in Africa in 1739 at age 10 and brought to…

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 field surveying to locate and…

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 Venture Smith…