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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 was written in 1798. Venture came to the United States as a slave when he was eight years old. His narrative begins, "I was born at Dukandarra, in Guinea, about the year 1729. My father's name was Saungm Furro, Prince of the Tribe of Dukandarra. My father had three wives. Polygamy was not uncommon in that country, especially among the rich, as every man was allowed to keep as many wives as he could maintain. By his first wife he had three children. The eldest of them was myself, named by my father Broteer. The other two were named Cundazo and Soozaduka. My father had two children by his second wife, and one by his third. I descended from a very large, tall and stout race of beings, much larger than the generality of people in other parts of the globe, being commonly considerably above six feet in height, and in every way well proportioned."

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Book category Books in English Biography & True Stories Memoirs

• Full title: Narrative Of The Life And Adventures Of Venture
• Author: Venture Smith
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 60
• EAN: 9781438508795
• ISBN: 9781438508795
• ID: 08556837
• Publisher: Book Jungle
• Weight: 118 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 190 × 3 mm
• Date of publishing: 02. February 2009

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