description: Remarkable account records the life of a former slave. Bibb's compelling autobiography describes slave folkways in detail, tells of desperate efforts to recover his wife and child, and presents a touching self-portrait of a man caught between a slave past and a free future.
language: English
title: Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave
titlecomplete: Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave (Black Heritage Library Collection))
genres: History, Classics, African American, Autobiography, Memoir, Research, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 188
series: Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography
publisher: Ayer Co Pub