Brown, Providence, RI Half-length portrait of Henry Bibb; man seated in fringed chair. Cabinet photograph

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Description

Title: Brown, Providence, RI Half-length portrait of Henry Bibb; man seated in fringed chair. Cabinet photograph
Creator: From the Collection: Simpson, Randolph Linsly, 1927-1992
Published / Created: circa 1875
Description: Collector's note in pencil, verso: "Henry Bibb, Editor 'Voice of the Fugitive,' newspaper in Detroit. Helped slaves escape to Canada; writes own narrative, 1849-"
Provenance: Purchase from Swann Galleries, Inc., 1995 on various funds.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Call Number

JWJ MSS 54

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Container / Volume

Box 9, folder 279

Access: Public
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Citation: Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American Collection. James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.