Quote of the day
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
Venture Smith

Born: 1729
Died: 1805 (aged 76)
Bio: Venture Smith was captured when he was a 6 and a half-year-old boy in West Africa and was taken to Anomabo on the Gold Coast to be sold as a slave. As an adult in Rhode Island, he purchased his freedom and that of his family.