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The Freedom Business: Including a Narrative of the Life & Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa
The Freedom Business Including a Narrative of the Life Adventures of Venture a Native of Africa
Author: Marilyn Nelson, Deborah Muirhead (Illustrator)
The true narrative of a slave from Africa, crafted in verse by Marilyn Nelson. Born an African prince, Broteer Furro was captured by slave traders at age six. As he stepped onto a cargo ship, the vessel's steward purchased the boy and gave him a new name: Venture. He landed in Rhode Island and worked through a lifetime of slavery to buy not ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781932425574
ISBN-10: 1932425578
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 74
Reading Level: Young Adult
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Publisher: Front Street
Book Type: Hardcover
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