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My Name Is Henry Bibb: A Story of Slavery and Freedom
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My Name Is Henry Bibb: A Story of Slavery and Freedom Hardcover - 2009

by Afua Cooper


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Often shocking, always compelling, Afua Cooper's novel is based on the life of Henry Bibb, an American slave who after repeated attempts escaped in 1841 to become an anti-slavery speaker, author and founder of a Black newspaper. Cooper takes painstakingly researched details about slavery and weaves an intimate story of Bibb's young life, which is overshadowed by inconceivable brutality.

At nine years old, Henry is separated from his mother and brothers and hired out, suffering abuse at the hands of cruel masters so severe he almost dies. Henry's courageous life is described in intimate detail and young readers will learn about everyday slave life on a plantation and in towns and cities, the coded language of slave escapes and the dangerous routes over land and water to safe houses.

As Henry Bibb moves from boyhood to manhood, he knows that one day he will ?fly away? as in the old legend of the Africans who flew away to freedom. The first-person narrative, convincingly told in Henry's voice, traces Bibb's boyhood, marriage, fatherhood and the developing awareness of his bondage and his determination to break free of it or die.

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  • Title My Name Is Henry Bibb: A Story of Slavery and Freedom
  • Author Afua Cooper
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition & Fi
  • Pages 160
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Kids Can Press, Tonawanda, NY
  • Date 2009-09
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781553378136 / 155337813X
  • Weight 0.52 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 7 x 5.4 x 0.7 in (17.78 x 13.72 x 1.78 cm)
  • Ages 10 to 14 years
  • Grade levels 5 - 9
  • Reading level 800
  • Library of Congress subjects African Americans, Abolitionists
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Afua Cooper is a scholar, author and poet who specializes in the history of slavery and abolition. Her books include My Name Is Phillis Wheatley, My Name Is Henry Bibb and The Hanging of Ang?lique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montr?al.
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