Archive for September 19th, 2009

Connecticut Freedom Trails: The journey from slave to freeman

by: Brenda Sullivan | HTNP.com Editor September 19, 2009
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Born around 1729, Venture Smith’s African birth name was Broteer, and he was the eldest son of King Saungm Furro of the tribe of Dukandarra in Guinea, West Africa.