My Name Is Henry Bibb

My Name Is Henry Bibb
Author: Afua Cooper
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2023-05-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1525310852
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Often shocking, always compelling, Afua Cooper's novel is based on the life of Henry Bibb, an American slave who after repeated attempts escaped in 1841 to become an anti-slavery speaker, author and founder of a Black newspaper. Cooper takes painstakingly researched details about slavery and weaves an intimate story of Bibb's young life, which is overshadowed by inconceivable brutality. At nine years old, Henry is separated from his mother and brothers and hired out, suffering abuse at the hands of cruel masters so severe he almost dies. Henry's courageous life is described in intimate detail and young readers will learn about everyday slave life on a plantation and in towns and cities, the coded language of slave escapes and the dangerous routes over land and water to safe houses. As Henry Bibb moves from boyhood to manhood, he knows that one day he will “fly away” as in the old legend of the Africans who flew away to freedom. The first-person narrative, convincingly told in Henry's voice, traces Bibb's boyhood, marriage, fatherhood and the developing awareness of his bondage and his determination to break free of it or die.

Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb

Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb
Author: Henry Bibb
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2019-09-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3734096251
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Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb an American Slave Written by Himself

Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb an American Slave Written by Himself
Author: Henry Bibb
Publisher:
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2021-08-18
Genre:
ISBN:
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Book Excerpt: ke to know who Charles H. Stewart is, and why you should make these inquiries of me, and how you knew who I was, as you are a stranger to me and I must be to you. In your next if you will tell me the intention of your inquiries, I will give you a full history of the whole case. I have a boy in your county by the name of King, a large man and very black; if you are acquainted with him, give him my compliments, and tell him I am well, and all of his friends. W.H. Bibb is acquainted with him. I wait your answer. Your most obedient, W.H. GATEWOOD. _March 17, 1845_. * * * * * [No. 6.] BEDFORD, KENTUCKY, _April 6th, 1845_. MR. CHARLES H. STEWART. SIR:--Yours of the 1st March is before me, inquiring if one Walton Bibb, a colored man, escaped from me at Louisville, Ky., in the Spring of 1839. To t Read More

Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself

Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself
Author: Henry Bibb
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2021-01-21
Genre:
ISBN:
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Book Excerpt: ... why you should make these inquiries of me, and how you knew who I was, as you are a stranger to me and I must be to you. In your next if you will tell me the intention of your inquiries, I will give you a full history of the whole case.I have a boy in your county by the name of King, a large man and very black; if you are acquainted with him, give him my compliments, and tell him I am well, and all of his friends. W.H. Bibb is acquainted with him.I wait your answer.Your most obedient, W.H. GATEWOOD._March 17, 1845_.* * * * *[No. 6.] BEDFORD, KENTUCKY, _April 6th, 1845_. MR. CHARLES H. STEWART.SIR: --Yours of the 1st March is before me, inquiring if one Walton Bibb, a colored man, escaped from me at Louisville, Ky., in the Spring of 1839. .

My Name Is Phillis Wheatley

My Name Is Phillis Wheatley
Author: Afua Cooper
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2023-05-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1525310860
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This is the remarkable story of Phillis Wheatley, who is born into an African family of griots, or storytellers, but captured by slave raiders and forced aboard a slave ship, where appalling conditions spell death for many of her companions. Numerous sharks follow the ship, feeding on the corpses of slaves thrown overboard. Weakened by the voyage and near death in a Boston slave market, Wheatley is bought by a kind family who nurses her back to health and teaches her to read and write. Soon her mistress recognizes that the girl is a quick learner and talented. At the age of 12, a torrent of poetry begins to flow out of Wheatley. Proud of her achievements, her mistress organizes readings in Boston's finest parlors and drawing rooms, and Wheatley's fame spreads. But even when many in Boston are calling her a prodigy and a genius, some remain unsure that a slave should be able to write, much less write poetry. When Phillis travels to London she is a media sensation, feted by the cream of English society. A book of her poems is published, and she finally gains her freedom. This amazing story, wide in scope, is based on fact and told convincingly from young Wheatley's point of view.

Slave Narratives (LOA #114)

Slave Narratives (LOA #114)
Author: William L. Andrews
Publisher: Library of America
Total Pages: 1066
Release: 2000-01-15
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9781883011765
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The ten works collected in this volume demonstrate how a diverse group of writers challenged the conscience of a nation and laid the foundations of the African American literary tradition by expressing their in anger, pain, sorrow, and courage. Included in the volume: Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw; Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano; The Confessions of Nat Turner; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass; Narrative of William W. Brown; Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb; Narrative of Sojouner Truth; Ellen and William Craft's Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl and Narrative of the Life of J. D.Green. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself

Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself
Author: Henry Bibb
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2019-11-20
Genre: History
ISBN:
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"Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself" by Henry Bibb First published in 1849 and largely unavailable for many years, Bibb's autobiography is among the most remarkable slave narratives. Born on a Kentucky plantation in 1815, Bibb first attempted to escape from bondage at the age of ten. Henry Bibb was an African-American, born into slavery, who became an editor, orator, author, publisher and reformer.