Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave
Author: first_name: Henry
last_name: Bibb
Language: English
Year: 1849

Henry Walton Bibb was born a slave. His father was white although his identity was not positively known. Bibb was separated from his mother at a very young age and hired out to other slave owners for most of his childhood. Always yearning for his freedom, he made his first escape from slavery in 1842. He was recaptured and escaped, recaptured and escaped over and over; but he never gave up on his desire to be a man in control of his own destiny.<br /><br />

Bibb eventually escaped the bondage o