My Name is Henry Bibb: A Story of Slavery and Freedom by Afua Cooper
02 Sep, by Biography, Black/African American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Young Adult Readers
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A fictionalized biography of a heroic young man born into slavery in 1814 and determined against all odds to be free. With the history of slaveowners abusing their women slaves reflected in his pale face, Henry Bibb could pass for white. Raised together with the...