Venture Smith and the Business of Slavery and Freedom

This book originated in the summer of 2006, in the burial ground of the First Church of Christ, Congregational, of East Haddam, Connecticut, where a team of forensic scientists began excavating the graves of two emancipated slaves, Venture Smith (d. 1805) and his wife, Marget (d. 1809). Those requesting this remarkable investigation were the Smiths' direct descendants, members of the eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh generations, who were determined...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558497404
• ISBN13: 9781558497405
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"