Gibbs, Mifflin Wistar (1823-1915) Back to Online Encyclopedia Index https://blackpast.org/aaw/gibbs-mifflin-wistar-1823-1915 Image Ownership: Public Domain Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 17, 1823, Mifflin Wistar Gibbs apprenticed as a carpenter. By his early 20s he was an activist in the abolition movement, sharing platforms with Frederick Douglass and helping in the Underground Railroad. Black intellectual ferment of the era gave him a superb education outside the classroom, and he became a powerful writer. Click here.
Gibbs, Mifflin Wistar (1823-1915) Back to Online Encyclopedia Index https://blackpast.org/aaw/gibbs-mifflin-wistar-1823-1915 Image Ownership: Public Domain Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 17, 1823, Mifflin Wistar Gibbs apprenticed as a carpenter. By his early 20s he was an activist in the abolition movement, sharing platforms with Frederick Douglass and helping in the Underground Railroad. Black intellectual ferment of the era gave him a superb education outside the classroom, and he became a powerful writer. Click here.