Third Entry

Three scholarly articles involving the life and achievements of Henry Bibb:

Gara, Larry. "The Professional Fugitive in the Abolitionist Movement." The Wisconsin Magazine of History, Vol. 48, No. 3 (Spring 1965): pp.196-204. Published by Wisconsin Historical Society. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4634052

In his article covering the abolitionist movement, Larry Gara accentuates the importance of the fugitive slave within the abolitionist movement of the mid-nineteenth century. Gara expounds on his subject by recounting the contributions of a handful of fugitive slaves, including Henry Bibb and Frederick Douglass. The author goes on to assert that the personas of the "professional fugitives" were vital resources in arousing sympathy and building a case against slavery. The article targets everyone from the occasional reader to the devout historian. Clearly, the author does not want the contributions of the featured abolitionists to slip into insignificance.

Hite, Roger W. "Voice of a Fugitive: Henry Bibb and Ante-Bellum Black Separatism." Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 4, No. 3 (March 1974): pp.269-284. Published by Sage Publications Inc. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2783657

Roger Hite's article is dedicated to exploring Henry Bibb's role in promoting Canadian separatism among African Americans. Hite addresses the main points of his topic by highlighting the roots, rhetoric, and implementation of Canadian emigration. His audience is universal in range and his purpose with them is to enlighten the facts and events that surrounded Bibb's ultimate failure in promoting the Canadian alternative.

Landon, Fred. "Henry Bibb, a Colonizer." The Journal of Negro History, Vol.5, No. 4 (Oct. 1920): pp.437-447. Published by Association for the Study of African-American Life and History, Inc. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2713678

First seen in October of 1920, the magazine article by Fred Landon strives to highlight the story of Henry Bibb and his efforts toward establishing a permanent Canadian colony for African Americans. The author accurately re-tells Bibb's life story by implementing the use of Bibb's own words and ending with an account of the fate of African American emigration to Canada. Landon's target audience would have been African Americans and his purpose would have been to publicize Bibb's "service on behalf of the race in Canada."