Lettuce, Slavery, and the Bibb Legacy
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John Bibb is credited with cultivating Bibb lettuce. But his family’s legacy,
good and bad, is all tied to having enslaved people build their familial
wealth. Research: Seek Museum. https://www.seekmuseum.org/ O’Neal, Lonnae.
“The bitter harvest of Richard Bibb: A descendant of slavery confronts her
inheritance.” Andscape. October 14, 2019. https://andscape.com/features/the-
bitter-harvest-of-richard-bibb-a-descendant-of-slavery-confronts-her-
inheritance/ “Bibb Contributed to Logan’s Black History.” March 1, 1979.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/554440735/?terms=John%20B.%20Bibb&match=1
Sanders, “John M. Bibb,” ExploreKYHistory, accessed June 23, 2022,
https://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/47. “Bibb Town.” The Courier-
Journal of Louisville, Kentucky. Oct. 10, 1897.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/32971252/?terms=John%20B.%20Bibb&match=1 “The
African-American Mosaic – Colonozation.” Library of Congress.
https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam002.html Metzmeier, Kurt X.,
Constructing Freedom: A Letter by George M. Bibb Concerning the Will of the
Rev. Richard Bibb, Sr. (2016). 9 Unbound: A Review of Legal History and Rare
Books 133 (2016), University of Louisville School of Law Legal Studies
Research Paper Series No. 2017-5, Available at SSRN:
https://ssrn.com/abstract=2919345 “Townhouse of Maj. Richard Bibb.” The
Historical Marker Database. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=123348 Goff, John S.
“THE LAST LEAF: GEORGE MORTIMER BIBB.” The Register of the Kentucky Historical
Society, vol. 59, no. 4, 1961, pp. 331–42. JSTOR,
http://www.jstor.org/stable/23374698. Morrow, Michael. “Bibb Slaves Sent to
Liberia in Africa in 1832.” The Logan Journal. November 2009.
http://theloganjournal.com/Stories.aspx?Article=guests10 Goff, John S. “THE
LAST LEAF: GEORGE MORTIMER BIBB.” The Register of the Kentucky Historical
Society, vol. 59, no. 4, 1961, pp. 331–42. JSTOR,
http://www.jstor.org/stable/23374698 Swietek, Wes. “Unique bonds: Descendants
of slaves and the man who freed them gather for reunion.” Bowling Green Daily
News. August 3, 2019. https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/unique-bonds-
descendants-of-slaves-and-the-man-who-freed-them-gather-for-
reunion/article_140eccb6-4f51-59dd-b1df-7f2892c0e02a.html See
omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Read more
good and bad, is all tied to having enslaved people build their familial
wealth. Research: Seek Museum. https://www.seekmuseum.org/ O’Neal, Lonnae.
“The bitter harvest of Richard Bibb: A descendant of slavery confronts her
inheritance.” Andscape. October 14, 2019. https://andscape.com/features/the-
bitter-harvest-of-richard-bibb-a-descendant-of-slavery-confronts-her-
inheritance/ “Bibb Contributed to Logan’s Black History.” March 1, 1979.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/554440735/?terms=John%20B.%20Bibb&match=1
Sanders, “John M. Bibb,” ExploreKYHistory, accessed June 23, 2022,
https://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/47. “Bibb Town.” The Courier-
Journal of Louisville, Kentucky. Oct. 10, 1897.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/32971252/?terms=John%20B.%20Bibb&match=1 “The
African-American Mosaic – Colonozation.” Library of Congress.
https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam002.html Metzmeier, Kurt X.,
Constructing Freedom: A Letter by George M. Bibb Concerning the Will of the
Rev. Richard Bibb, Sr. (2016). 9 Unbound: A Review of Legal History and Rare
Books 133 (2016), University of Louisville School of Law Legal Studies
Research Paper Series No. 2017-5, Available at SSRN:
https://ssrn.com/abstract=2919345 “Townhouse of Maj. Richard Bibb.” The
Historical Marker Database. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=123348 Goff, John S.
“THE LAST LEAF: GEORGE MORTIMER BIBB.” The Register of the Kentucky Historical
Society, vol. 59, no. 4, 1961, pp. 331–42. JSTOR,
http://www.jstor.org/stable/23374698. Morrow, Michael. “Bibb Slaves Sent to
Liberia in Africa in 1832.” The Logan Journal. November 2009.
http://theloganjournal.com/Stories.aspx?Article=guests10 Goff, John S. “THE
LAST LEAF: GEORGE MORTIMER BIBB.” The Register of the Kentucky Historical
Society, vol. 59, no. 4, 1961, pp. 331–42. JSTOR,
http://www.jstor.org/stable/23374698 Swietek, Wes. “Unique bonds: Descendants
of slaves and the man who freed them gather for reunion.” Bowling Green Daily
News. August 3, 2019. https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/unique-bonds-
descendants-of-slaves-and-the-man-who-freed-them-gather-for-
reunion/article_140eccb6-4f51-59dd-b1df-7f2892c0e02a.html See
omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Read more
John Bibb is credited with cultivating Bibb lettuce. But his family’s legacy,
good and bad, is all tied to having enslaved people build their familial
wealth. Research: Seek Museum. https://www.seekmuseum.org/ O’Neal, Lonnae.
“The bitter harvest of Richard Bibb: A descendant of slavery confronts her
inheritance.” Andscape. October 14, 2019. https://andscape.com/features/the-
bitter-harvest-of-richard-bibb-a-descendant-of-slavery-confronts-her-
inheritance/ “Bibb Contributed to Logan’s Black History.” March 1, 1979.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/554440735/?terms=John%20B.%20Bibb&match=1
Sanders, “John M. Bibb,” ExploreKYHistory, accessed June 23, 2022,
https://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/47. “Bibb Town.” The Courier-
Journal of Louisville, Kentucky. Oct. 10, 1897.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/32971252/?terms=John%20B.%20Bibb&match=1 “The
African-American Mosaic – Colonozation.” Library of Congress.
https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam002.html Metzmeier, Kurt X.,
Constructing Freedom: A Letter by George M. Bibb Concerning the Will of the
Rev. Richard Bibb, Sr. (2016). 9 Unbound: A Review of Legal History and Rare
Books 133 (2016), University of Louisville School of Law Legal Studies
Research Paper Series No. 2017-5, Available at SSRN:
https://ssrn.com/abstract=2919345 “Townhouse of Maj. Richard Bibb.” The
Historical Marker Database. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=123348 Goff, John S.
“THE LAST LEAF: GEORGE MORTIMER BIBB.” The Register of the Kentucky Historical
Society, vol. 59, no. 4, 1961, pp. 331–42. JSTOR,
http://www.jstor.org/stable/23374698. Morrow, Michael. “Bibb Slaves Sent to
Liberia in Africa in 1832.” The Logan Journal. November 2009.
http://theloganjournal.com/Stories.aspx?Article=guests10 Goff, John S. “THE
LAST LEAF: GEORGE MORTIMER BIBB.” The Register of the Kentucky Historical
Society, vol. 59, no. 4, 1961, pp. 331–42. JSTOR,
http://www.jstor.org/stable/23374698 Swietek, Wes. “Unique bonds: Descendants
of slaves and the man who freed them gather for reunion.” Bowling Green Daily
News. August 3, 2019. https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/unique-bonds-
descendants-of-slaves-and-the-man-who-freed-them-gather-for-
reunion/article_140eccb6-4f51-59dd-b1df-7f2892c0e02a.html See
omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
good and bad, is all tied to having enslaved people build their familial
wealth. Research: Seek Museum. https://www.seekmuseum.org/ O’Neal, Lonnae.
“The bitter harvest of Richard Bibb: A descendant of slavery confronts her
inheritance.” Andscape. October 14, 2019. https://andscape.com/features/the-
bitter-harvest-of-richard-bibb-a-descendant-of-slavery-confronts-her-
inheritance/ “Bibb Contributed to Logan’s Black History.” March 1, 1979.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/554440735/?terms=John%20B.%20Bibb&match=1
Sanders, “John M. Bibb,” ExploreKYHistory, accessed June 23, 2022,
https://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/47. “Bibb Town.” The Courier-
Journal of Louisville, Kentucky. Oct. 10, 1897.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/32971252/?terms=John%20B.%20Bibb&match=1 “The
African-American Mosaic – Colonozation.” Library of Congress.
https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam002.html Metzmeier, Kurt X.,
Constructing Freedom: A Letter by George M. Bibb Concerning the Will of the
Rev. Richard Bibb, Sr. (2016). 9 Unbound: A Review of Legal History and Rare
Books 133 (2016), University of Louisville School of Law Legal Studies
Research Paper Series No. 2017-5, Available at SSRN:
https://ssrn.com/abstract=2919345 “Townhouse of Maj. Richard Bibb.” The
Historical Marker Database. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=123348 Goff, John S.
“THE LAST LEAF: GEORGE MORTIMER BIBB.” The Register of the Kentucky Historical
Society, vol. 59, no. 4, 1961, pp. 331–42. JSTOR,
http://www.jstor.org/stable/23374698. Morrow, Michael. “Bibb Slaves Sent to
Liberia in Africa in 1832.” The Logan Journal. November 2009.
http://theloganjournal.com/Stories.aspx?Article=guests10 Goff, John S. “THE
LAST LEAF: GEORGE MORTIMER BIBB.” The Register of the Kentucky Historical
Society, vol. 59, no. 4, 1961, pp. 331–42. JSTOR,
http://www.jstor.org/stable/23374698 Swietek, Wes. “Unique bonds: Descendants
of slaves and the man who freed them gather for reunion.” Bowling Green Daily
News. August 3, 2019. https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/unique-bonds-
descendants-of-slaves-and-the-man-who-freed-them-gather-for-
reunion/article_140eccb6-4f51-59dd-b1df-7f2892c0e02a.html See
omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
