Venture Smith's Colonial Connecticut

About this book

Learn about Colonial Connecticut and the southern New England maritime economy through the words of Venture Smith. In this true story of freedom first published in 1798 Venture Smith tells readers about his capture as a boy in West Africa survival of the Middle Passage and dramatic quest to free himself from enslavement to become a successful farmer fisherman and trader in the American Revolutionary Era. Recommended grades 5-8. Find curriculum and other resources at VentureSmithColonialCT.org.