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  1. Henry Bibb Faces Inspection in a Mississippi Slave Pen

    Date(s): January 1, 1840 to December 31, 1840 Location: Vicksburg, Mississippi Tag(s): sale, examination, henry bibb, inspection, slave pen 

    The year was 1840 when Madison Garrison led Henry Bibb and other slaves, including his wife and child, to a market in Vicksburg, Mississippi.  It was in this market where Garrison intended to have a portion of the slaves that he had driven into the deep South examined before taking them to New Orleans for sale.   Upon arrival at the market, Bibb was subject to inspection by a city officer.  Slave...