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1 online resource (xxxv, 257 pages) : illustrations |
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Wisconsin studies in autobiography |
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Wisconsin studies in autobiography.
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| Summary |
First published in 1849 and largely unavailable for many years, The Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb 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. He was recaptured and escaped several more times before he eventually settled in Detroit, Michigan, and joined the antislavery movement as a lecturer. Bibb's story is different in many ways from the widely read Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave and Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl . He was owned by a Native American; he is one of the few ex-slave autobiographers who had labored in the Deep South (Louisiana); and he writes about folkways of the slaves, especially how he used conjure to avoid punishment and to win the hearts of women. Most significant, he is unique in exploring the importance of marriage and family to him, recounting his several trips to free his wife and child. This new edition includes an introduction by literary scholar Charles Heglar and a selection of letters and editorials by Bibb |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-257) |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Bibb, Henry, 1815-1854
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| SUBJECT |
Bibb, Henry, 1815-1854 fast |
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Bibb, Henry. swd |
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Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography
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Enslaved persons -- Kentucky -- Social conditions -- 19th century
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Slavery -- Kentucky -- History -- 19th century
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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Slavery
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Enslaved persons
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Enslaved persons -- Social conditions
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Erlebnisbericht
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Sklaverei
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Kentucky
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United States
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autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Biographies
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History
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Heglar, Charles J.
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| ISBN |
9780299168933 |
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029916893X |
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128315952X |
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9781283159524 |
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9786613159526 |
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6613159522 |
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0299168905 |
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9780299168902 |
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