Henry bibb biography

Primary Sources

(1) Henry Bibb, Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave (1849)

A slave may be bought and sold in the market like an ox.

He is liable to be sold off to a distant land from his family.

Henry bibb biography

Henry bibb biography

Henry bibb narrative

Henry bibb, 1815-1854 narrative of the life and adventures

Henry bibb adventures

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He is bound in chains hand and foot; and his sufferings are aggravated a hundred fold, by the terrible thought, that he is not allowed to struggle against misfortune, corporal punishment, insults and outrages committed upon himself and family; and he is not allowed to help himself, to resist or escape the blow, which he sees impending over him.

I was a slave, a prisoner for life; I could possess nothing, nor acquire anything but what must belong to my keeper. No one can imagine my feelings in my reflecting moments, but he who has himself been a slave.

(2) Henry Bibb, Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave (1849)

Slaves were not allowed books, pen, ink, nor paper, to improve their minds.

There was a