Publications by the DOCUMENTING VENTURE SMITH PROJECT

NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF VENTURE:   Facsimile Edition

Reprint of the A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa, but resident above sixty years in the United States of America. New London 1798.                                                       $5.65

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NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF VENTURE: Deluxe Edition

Reprint of the A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, .  .  . New London 1798.                                                                                                                                                                  $12.50

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VENTURE SMITH’s: 1798 Hons[nkyer[w: Fante Edition

Translation in Fante of the A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, .  .  .  . New London 1798.                                                                                                                                 $12.50

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VENTURE SMITH - "My freedom is a privilege which nothing else can equal", 2018

Chandler B. Saint, Robert Pierce Forbes with Forward by David Richardson                                 $14.95

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CD - The Narrative of an African American: VENTURE SMITH (1798), 2010, 2nd edition 2018          

Reading of VENTURE SMITH's 1798 Narrative by Robert L. Hall, with Introduction and Preface by Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro                                                                                                    $4.50

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Asante Brass Symbols - Single large Sankofa (2 1/2"), Mpatopo (1 7/8") or pr Sankofa (1 1/4")      $7.95

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Funds received from book sales are used to print books and support programs to donate and loan books to schools and libraries in the United States and West Africa.  In 2018, in the US we donated 230 books to libraries and in Ghana over 400 books to students, schools, and libraries.

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