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Black Abolitionist Archive


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Bibb, Henry, b. 1815 (7)

Speaker or Author: Bibb, Henry, b. 1815
Newspaper:Emancipator
Title: Interesting Arrival in Canada.
Notes: Speech welcoming escaping slaves who had crossed into Canada from Detroit with the help of the Underground Railroad. (Includes MP3 audio file.)

Speaker or Author: Bibb, Henry, b. 1815
Newspaper:Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844)
Title: Mr. Bibb
Date Published: 1844-08-14
Notes: Anecdotal speech on the "system of slavery" with emphasis placed on the way in which the speaker's wife was taken from him.

Speaker or Author: Bibb, Henry, b. 1815
Newspaper:Signal of Liberty
Title: Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Michigan
Date Published: 1848-08-11
Notes: Brief speech made during a court hearing in which the speaker gave a brief overview of his life as a slave and an account of his escape to freedom. (Includes MP3 audio file)

Speaker or Author: Bibb, Henry, b. 1815
Newspaper:National Anti-Slavery Standard
Title: Great Anti-Colonization Mass Meeting of the Coloured Citizens of the City of New York
Date Published: 1849-05-03
Notes: Speech against the plans and goals of the American Colonization Society. The speaker suggested Canada as an alternate choice for colonization.

Speaker or Author: Bibb, Henry, b. 1815
Newspaper:Emancipator
Title: American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
Date Published: 1849-05-17
Notes: Brief speech regarding the importance of supplying slaves with Bibles. (Speech 09773 is a duplicate of this speech.) (Includes MP3 audio file.)

Speaker or Author: Bibb, Henry, b. 1815
Newspaper:Liberator
Title: Proceedings of a meeting of Citizens of Boston, at Tremont Temple, Tuesday evening, April 2nd
Date Published: 1850-04-12
Notes: Speech denouncing Daniel Webster's position on slavery and his recent speech regarding fugitive slaves. (Includes MP3 audio file.)

Speaker or Author: Bibb, Henry, b. 1815
Newspaper:Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
Date Published: 1851-07-02
Notes: Brief note of response to a mention in another newspaper that the Episcopal convention would not accept delegates from the Church of the Crucifixion because some of their members were of African descent.