Henry Bibb

Henry Bibb

human

Ein sex anaa gender	male
Ein country of citizenship	United States
Name wey dem give am	Henry
Family name	Bibb
Ein date of birth	10 May 1815
Place dem born am	Shelby County
Date wey edie	1854
Place wey edie	Windsor
Spouse	Mary Bibb
Ein occupation	writer, abolitionist
Ethnic group	African Americans
Social classification	slave

Henry Walton Bibb (May 10, 1815– August 1, 1854), na he be an American author den abolitionist wey na dem born am into slavery. Na Bibb tell ein life story insyd ein Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave, wich na include chaw failed escape attempts wey be followed finally by success wen na he escape to Detroit. After he lef Detroit to move to Canada plus ein family, ecof issues plus de legality of ein assistance insyd de Underground Railroad, na he found de abolitionist newspaper, Voice of the Fugitive. He live insyd Canada til ein death.

Biography

Na Bibb be born on May 19, 1816, to an enslaved woman, Mildred Jackson, on a Shelby County, Kentucky plantation. Na ein poppie be Senator James Bibb, a relative of George M. Bibb, a Kentucky state senator. Na Williard Greenwood, a slaveholder, sell ein six siblings away to different buyers. Na Bibb be hired out by ein poppie for ein wages. After wishing to learn to read de Bible he receive sam education at a school wey be operated by Miss Davies, til na dem shut down de school by locals.

Later life den legacy

Henry Bibb be mostly remembered for ein life den chaw escape attempts wich na he document insyd ein narrative, buh na Henry Bibb ein mission no end after ein successful escape. Na Bibb spend de remainder of ein life after escape assisting insyd de Underground Railroad, wey he later publish about de abolishment of slavery, while he dey live insyd Canada. On de Underground Railroad na Bibb mainly assist on de route from Detroit to Canada, wich cross de Detroit river. Na slaves go escape to Detroit, at wich point na dem be safe wey dem fi either stay der, anaa cross de river to Detroit. Na Bibb work tirelessly dey assist dis cause. Na Bibb assist insyd establishing de Detroit River region as a safe haven den symbol of freedom for African American dema escaping slavery on de Underground Railroad.

Appendix of The Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb

De appendix dey function as a bibliography. Insyd de appendix, na Bibb include letters as well as excerpts from de Voice of the Fugitive.

Bibliography

• Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave, Written by Himself, Self-published, New York: 1849
• Karolyn Smardz Frost and Veta Smith Tucker, ed. A Fluid Frontier: Slavery, Resistance, and the Underground Railroad in the Detroit River Borderland (Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 2016), 138–143.

External links

• Works by Henry Bibb at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Henry Bibb at the Internet Archive
• Works by Henry Bibb at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
• Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave, Written by Himself. New York: Author, 1849.
• Voice of the Fugitive partial run, digitized from microfilm, at OurDigitalWorld's INK project.
• "Henry Bibb". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.