he has drydocks, shipping works, and he has become this person that was brought to america as a traded commodity, and has become a traitor in commodities and becomes very wealthy. in 1798, new the end of his life, he actually writes this great autobiography, which tells us all everything he did, but we was. it is one of the only works that actually talks about him. across the salmon river, venture made his last and his most important real estate transaction. family plot in the first congregational church, which at that point was one of the elite burial grounds in all of connecticut. wife andmself and his his son solomon, and his granddaughter, and two grandchildren are all buried in the family plot. on his tombstone he put very simple things taken from the memory of venture smith, son of a king, he was kidnapped and sold as a slave, but by his industry he acquired money to purchase his freedom, and died september 19, 1805 in the 77th year of his age. out to be remembered by writing his autobiography and by his tombstone, and for his family to have a legacy. who weres owners prominent p