My Name Is Henry Bibb: A Story of Slavery and Freedom by Afua Cooper

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

Afua Cooper

160 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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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 pains...

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