New Haven Independent

The story of Venture Smith was told by John Wood Sweet, an associate professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He gave the talk at Yale’s Luce Hall. The event was organized by The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Center of the Slavery, Resistance and Abolition, a vibrant resource here in New Haven for truth-seekers.

Sweet used Smith’s story to “anchor an analysis of the colonial dynamics that brought together — and kept apart — a series of disparate regions and peoples in the increasingly global early modern world.” Click on the play arrow to watch what he had to say.

And click here to read the full original Smith narrative.