Friday, January 24, 2025

The Documenting Broteer (Venture Smith) Project with Nick Bellantoni

Wednesday, February 5
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Virtual.

Join BPL for a conversation with Emeritus Connecticut State Archaeologist Dr. Nicholas Bellantoni, PhD about Broteer (Venture Smith), an enslaved man from Connecticut able to purchase freedom for himself and his family, eventually becoming a successful businessman later in life!

Registration required. Register here.

Jaime Pettit
Jaime Pettit serves as an Assistant Archivist at the Bridgeport History Center at the Bridgeport, Connecticut Public Library. She received a Masters' in Information Science at the University of Michigan and a Certification in Museum Studies at Harvard University. She has previously worked with the University of Michigan and Arizona State University's departments of archeology. Pettit's current projects combine her love for both history and writing to highlight interesting and lesser-known stories from Bridgeport and Connecticut.