books.google.com - "A stunning collection. Venture Smith is a very important historical figure; his memoir is the only first-person source that narrates the entire arc of an African American's life from childhood in Africa through enslavement and emancipation to old age in North America. This volume will serve as a model...http://books.google.com/books/about/Venture_Smith_and_the_Business_of_Slaver.html?id=MExOIQQXQSYC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareVenture Smith and the Business of Slavery and Freedom
