Museum Lecture: by author Chandler B. Saint speaking on his new book
Sunday, July 26 Time: 4 -5 p.m.
Location: Union Chapel
This book answers many of the questions that have puzzled historians and descendants of the young African prince who was forced into slavery in 1739 and was taken to colonial New England where he labored for a quarter-century before purchasing his freedom and becoming a prominent businessman in Connecticut. Perhaps most importantly, this book demonstrates how Venture Smith’s Narrative, an autobiography published in 1798, is the first known pure African American literary work.
Please note that Venture Smith was kept on Fishers Island as a slave from circa 1741 to 1754.
