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HC-PER-35484
- HC-PER-35484
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Venture Smith
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Captured in Guinea and forced to be a servant in raids on other African nations, and at age eight was transported to Rhode Island and enslaved there. After gaining his freedom he wrote an important autobiography and acquired land.