Henry Bibb was a slave who escaped to Canada and then wrote a book about his experiences called “Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave.” His mother is Mildred Jackson, a slave, and his father was a state senator named James Bibb, although he never knew him. Growing up, he watched all six of his younger siblings sold off to other slaveholders. Henry Bibb was married twice, once before his escape to a slave named Melinda, and again after his escape to a woman named Mary Miles. Henry and Malinda had a daughter named Mary Frances. Before fully going to Canada he fled to Detroit so that he could go back to his wife and daughter. Henry tried to free his family, but couldn’t because they had already been sold. So he
