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Lettuce, Slavery, and the Bibb Legacy

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Story of Andrew Bibb

There is an account of that announcement that this group of enslaved people would bean emancipated, and it is the only first hand account that we have. This account was given by a formerly enslaved man named andrew bibb, who related to a reporter in late 18 97. Andrew would have been 73 at the time, and he would have been five in 18 29 when the events that he recounted took place. We don't know if the account was edited or altered, though it certainly seems likely. I just want to acknowledge sort of what was going on with it. So there's a lot to unpack there.

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