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This Is Karen Hunter

S E319: Fighting to Stay Free: Henry Bibb

This Is Karen Hunter

Knarrative

Empowerment, Africana Studies, Greg Carr, Karen Hunter, History, Education, Society & Culture

4.5888 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Before there was Harriet Tubman, Henry Bibb was freeing his people from bondage. This is a story that is rarely told of the fight for freedom and the defiance of those enslaved. #HenryBibb #Slavery #Freedom

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0:00.0

This is Karen Hunter and welcome to the hub.

0:10.0

Welcome back. We are talking in class with Dr. Great Car. We're in class with car hashtag in class with car with car.

0:17.1

It's funny because I've been talking for the last couple of weeks about this Henry Bibb

0:21.5

for fellow and then you asked me why did I want you to talk? about this Henry Bibb fella.

0:23.1

And then you asked me, why did I want you to talk about him?

0:25.4

And I couldn't remember.

0:26.8

Because, you know, the brain is weird.

0:31.1

All right.

0:31.9

But then I was like, he was born in 1815, right,

0:36.4

on a plantation in Kentucky.

0:39.0

And somehow he rose to become this wealthy owner of a newspaper 1815 is is a long way from

0:46.9

emancipation. Oh no question my question to you is how did he get free? Henry Bibb.

0:55.0

That's a good question.

0:56.0

Some people might argue that he was never completely free,

1:00.0

he spent his life trying to get free.

1:01.0

But when you ask me about Henry Ville, I thought about it immediately

1:08.2

after we talked and I said, wow, that's a great person to talk about because Henry Bill does represent what you said.

1:18.4

You know, I ask my students officer and I say, when do you think black people started resisting enslavement?

1:25.0

Some people might say the Civil War and they say, well, you know, that was stono and then some people

1:30.0

get, you know, they read the lesson, so they read the book, they'll say something like, well, you know, they lesson so they read the book they'll say something like well you

1:33.7

know they've been resistant since the 17th century I said black resistance to

1:38.1

enslavement started when the first person who probably looked like us put their hands on somebody and said come with me.

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