Nancy Steenberg's Venture Smith presentation
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Nancy Steenberg's Venture Smith presentation
Thursday, October 29, 2026 (11:00 AM - 12:30 PM) (EDT)
Description
UConn Professor, Nancy Steenberg, the Stonington Historical Society’s 2019 Principal Investigator of Archival Research on Venture Smith, will be returning to the library, this time to offer a presentation on the extraordinary life of Venture
Smith, an 18th century American farmer and craftsman, who was kidnapped from his home in Africa and sold to a slave owner in Stonington, CT before eventually obtaining his freedom in 1765. Ms. Steenberg will offer an
in-depth understanding of the many facets of slavery in 18th century New England through the lens of the life of Venture Smith and his family.
Registration required.
40 Library Street
Mystic, CT 06355 United States