To my son Akil and grandson Jahnoi
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Text © 2009 Afua Cooper
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Cooper, Afua
My name is Henry Bibb : a story of slavery and freedom / written by Afua Cooper.
ISBN 978-1-55337-813-6
1. Bibb, Henry, b. 1815—Juvenile fiction. 2. Slaves—United States—Biography—Juvenile fiction. 3. Abolitionists—United States—Biography—Juvenile fiction. 4. African Americans— Biography—Juvenile fiction. I. Title.
PS8555.O584M9 2009 jC813’.54 C2008-907591-9
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