Summary of A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native . . . In 1798, when he was 69, Venture Smith dictated his narrative to Elisha Niles, a Connecticut schoolmaster Throughout the work, Smith emphasizes his desire for acceptance and assimilation into American society and his disappointment that his material success does not remove the limitations he faces
Venture Smith - Wikipedia He documented his life in A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa: But Resident above Sixty Years in the United States of America, Related by Himself [1] This autobiography is one of the earliest known examples of an autobiographical narrative in an entirely African American literary vericas, only about a dozen
A Narrative of the Life and Adventure of Venture (Black Narratives . . . Written while Smith was living in freedom on his own farm in Connecticut, A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture is recognized by scholars as a pioneering work of African American nonfiction and one of the earliest known slave narratives in American history
Venture Smith, A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, 1798 . . . Venture Smith’s autobiography is one of the earliest slave narratives to circulate in the Atlantic World Slave narratives grew into the most important genre of antislavery literature and bore testimony to the injustices of the slave system
A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa . . . A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa This narrative, recounted by African-born freedman Venture Smith to a Connecticut schoolteacher in 1798, may be the oldest autobiography by a black writer in the United States
A Narrative of the Life and Adventure of Venture - Goodreads With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Venture Smith's A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture is a classic of African American literature reimagined for modern readers 28 pages, Paperback First published January 1, 1798