Charles bibbs biography artist mary
Charles Bibbs is an internationally acclaimed artist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who is recognized for his beautiful artistic renderings.
Charles Bibbs artwork manages to fuse African, African American and Native American cultural themes, to make powerful cross cultural statements....
Bibb, Mary and Henry
1820-1877
1815-1854
Abolitionist leaders
Mary and Henry Bibb were partners in marriage who worked together at the height of the abolitionist movement, moving to Canada after the passage of the American Fugitive Slave Law in 1850 and setting up a crucial endpoint of the Underground Railroad near Windsor, just across the Detroit River from Detroit, Michigan.
They are often remembered for their work together, but actually they had separate careers that flowed together during their marriage, and they had very different experiences of racial oppression in the United States. Henry Bibb, after he escaped from slavery, became a gifted orator and writer like his contemporary Frederick Douglass.
He stirred black audiences to dream of a better life and often to abandon their American homeland and come to Canada in search of their natural rights. It was Mary Bibb, however, who did the most to help them start new lives once they got there.