Henry Bibb

Henry Bibb, copper engraving by Patrick H. Reason

Henry Walton Bibb (May 10, 1815– August 1, 1854),[1][2] was an American author and abolitionist who was born into slavery. Bibb told his life story in his Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave,[3] which included many failed escape attempts followed finally by success when he escaped to Detroit. After leaving Detroit to move to Canada with his family, due to issues with the legality of his assistance in the Underground Railroad, he founded the abolitionist newspaper, Voice of the Fugitive. He lived in Canada until his death.[4][5]

  1. ^ Cooper, Afua (2000). "The Fluid Frontier: Blacks and the Detroit River Region: A Focus on Henry Bibb". Canadian Review of American Studies. 30 (2): 129–150. doi:10.3138/CRAS-s030-02-02. ISSN 1710-114X. S2CID 159630237.
  2. ^ Smith, Gerald L.; McDaniel, Karen Cotton; Hardin, John A. (August 28, 2015). The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia. University Press of Kentucky. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-8131-6066-5.
  3. ^ Bibb, Henry (2001). The Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb: An American Slave. The University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 0-299-16894-8.
  4. ^ Bibb, Henry (1850). "Here on freedom's soil": A Welcome to Canada" (PDF). National Humanities Center Resource Toolbox:The Making of African American Identity: Vol. I, 1500-1865.
  5. ^ Cooper, A.A.P. (2000). "Doing Battle in Freedom's Cause: Henry Bibb, Abolitionism, Race Uplift 1842-1854" (PDF).

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