▁Biography ▁Bib b ▁was ▁born ▁to ▁an ▁ens la ved ▁woman , ▁Mil ld red ▁Jackson , ▁on ▁a ▁Cant al onia , ▁Kentucky , ▁plant ation ▁on ▁May ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 1 8 1 5 . ▁His ▁people ▁told ▁him ▁his ▁white ▁father ▁was ▁James ▁Bib b , ▁a ▁Kentucky ▁state ▁sen ator , ▁but ▁Henry ▁never ▁knew ▁him . ▁As ▁he ▁was ▁growing ▁up , ▁Bib b ▁saw ▁each ▁of ▁his ▁six ▁younger ▁sib lings , ▁all ▁boys , ▁sold ▁away . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 3 3 , ▁Bib b ▁married ▁another ▁mul atto ▁slave , ▁Mal inda , ▁who ▁lived ▁in ▁Old ham ▁County , ▁Kentucky . ▁They ▁had ▁a ▁daughter , ▁Mary ▁Frances . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 2 , ▁he ▁managed ▁to ▁fle e ▁to ▁Detroit , ▁from ▁where ▁he ▁hoped ▁to ▁gain ▁the ▁freedom ▁of ▁his ▁wife ▁and ▁daughter . ▁After ▁finding ▁out ▁that ▁Mal inda ▁had ▁been ▁sold ▁as ▁a ▁mist ress ▁to ▁a ▁white ▁plan ter , ▁Bib b ▁focused ▁on ▁his ▁career ▁as ▁an ▁abol ition ist . ▁He ▁tra ve led ▁and ▁lect ured ▁throughout ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 9 - 5 0 ▁he ▁published ▁his ▁aut obi ography ▁N arr ative ▁of ▁the ▁Life ▁and ▁Advent ures ▁of ▁Henry ▁Bib b , ▁An ▁American ▁S lave , ▁Writ ten ▁by ▁Him self , ▁which ▁became ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁known ▁slave ▁narr atives ▁of ▁the ▁ante bell um ▁years .