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

By: Henry Bibb

...dom. He published Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, and American Slave in 1849 telling the story of his daily life as a slave, as a runaway and as a free man. He also illustrated the depravity of that “man-destroying system” and the “idea of utter helplessness in perpetual bondage.” Bibb stated in his Author's Preface that there were other very popular sl...

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