Shadow and Light

Mifflin Wistar Gibbs (April 17, 1823 – July 11, 1915) was a distinguished African American writer, entrepreneur, and civil rights pioneer, whose seminal work 'Shadow and Light' provides an autobiographical account of his life as a free black man in antebellum America. Born in Philadelphia, Gibbs, through his resilience and commitment to education, overcame the rampant racism of his time to establi...