Annotated Weblinks Regarding Henry Bibb (Entry Four)

Tripp, Bernell. "Mary Miles Bibb: Education and Moral Improvement in the "Voice of the Fugitive." ERIC. 19 November 2009
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/13/13/ab.pdf

At this link, the reader can take a further look into the life of Henry Bibb’s second wife, Mary Miles Bibbs. Mary constantly had a yarning to teach the public about the importance of education. In her husband’s newpaper, The Voice, Mary about the “issues of moral elevation, religion, education, the influence of the church, slavery, and food and shelter for newly arrived fugitives” thus influencing the constantly silenced group of fugitive women across the country to speak out and obtain an education of their own (Tripp 1).


Bibb, Henry. "’Here on freedom’s soil”:". National Humanities Center, 2007. 18 November 2009
http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/maai/community/text8/bibbcanada.pdf

Welcoming new fugitives to Canada, Henry Bibb gives a congratulatory speech. By offering a stark contrast between the taxing journey to freedom and the excitement of liberation, Bibb extends his hand to his “brothers”. It is here that Bibb inspires by explaining that everyone is entitled to their own life.


Bibb, Henry. "“I Subscribe Myself a Friend to the Oppressed”: Henry Bibb Writes to his Former Master, 1844". History Matters. 19 November 2009
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6222/

This website shows a letter that Henry Bibb wrote to his former master, William Gatewood concerning his love of freedom. Written in 1844, his letter explains that he has no remorse for running away and did so in order to better the life of his family. Bibb also states that, even though he and his family were treated poorly, he is “willing to forget the past” and forgives Gatewood for his injustices (History Matters).


Manheim, James. "Mary Bibb and Henry Biography - Henry Bibb: Raised as a Slave, Mary Miles: Educated in New England". Brief Biographies. 18 November 2009
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2840/Bibb-Mary-Henry.html

This biography highlights the lives of both Henry and Mary Bibb. Henry and Mary Bibb both worked for the abolitionist movement after the fugitive slave law was passed in 1850. For example, the Bibb’s were known to harbor refugees in their own safe-house while crossing from Detroit to Canada. Although the two were remembered mostly for their work together, the couple actually pursued issues that were completely separate in the Anti-Slavery world. Henry’s work mainly focused on his newspaper, Voice of the Fugitive, while Mary’s primary objective was to recommence her teaching career.


Molfi, Asanta. African American Registry. 18 November 2009
http://www.aaregistry.com/detail.php?id=880

The African American Registry outlines Henry Bibb’s life in a successful light. Here, Bibb is described as being “son of the senator James Bibb” (Asanta, Mattson). In the year 1833 Bibb met his first wife, Mary. For the sake of their daughter, Mary Frances, Bibb escapes slavery; continuously returning in order to aid his wife and child in their getaway. Although Bibb never found his wife and daughter, in 1850 he remarried, published his popular slave narrative, and achieved his ultimate goal of freedom. Upon founding the only black newspaper in Ontario, Canada, Bibb openly describes his feelings about slavery by stating he “would rather die than be reinstated into slavery” (Asanta, Mattson).