Venture for freedom : the true story of an African Yankee

Title
  1. Venture for freedom : the true story of an African Yankee / by Ruby Zagoren ; with woodcuts by Ann Grifalconi.
Published by
  1. Cleveland : World Pub. Co., [1969]
Author
  1. Zagoren, Ruby

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Additional authors
  1. Grifalconi, Ann
  2. Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805.
  3. Schomburg Children's Collection
Description
  1. 125 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
  1. Only seven years old when captured by enemy tribesmen, the son of a West African tribal king related in his old age the biography on which this account of his capture, slavery, and successful struggle for freedom is based.
Subject
  1. Slavery
  2. Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805
  3. Freedmen > Connecticut > Juvenile literature
  4. Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805 > Juvenile literature
  5. Slaves > Connecticut > Juvenile literature
  6. Biographies
  7. Slavery > Connecticut > Juvenile literature
  8. Juvenile works
  9. Literature
  10. Slave trade > Juvenile literature
  11. Connecticut
Genre/Form
  1. Literature.
  2. Biographies.
  3. Juvenile works.
Call number
  1. Sc D 19-897
Note
  1. Adapted from A narrative of the life and adventures of Venture, a native of Africa, by Venture Smith.
Author
  1. Zagoren, Ruby, author.
Title
  1. Venture for freedom : the true story of an African Yankee / by Ruby Zagoren ; with woodcuts by Ann Grifalconi.
Publisher
  1. Cleveland : World Pub. Co., [1969]
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Added author
  1. Schomburg Children's Collection.
  2. Grifalconi, Ann, illustrator.
  3. Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805. Narrative of the life and adventures of Venture, a native of Africa.
LCCN
  1. 69013062
Research call number
  1. Sc D 19-897
  2. Sc B-Smith, V. (Zagoren, R. Venture for freedom)
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