APRIL 5 ISSUE ANSWERS: On May 19, 1845, the Signal of Liberty announced the arrival in Romeo of the famous fugitive slave, Henry Bibb, to lecture about the evils of slavery in the South. He would visit eleven local towns including Mount Clemens, Waterford, Kennsington, Pontiac and Novi. Henry Bibb is only second in fame to Frederick Douglas as a fugitive fighting for the abolition of slavery in America. The citizens of Romeo were supportive of his cause, because it was safe to advertise his arrival without the possibility of a slave catcher arresting Henry. The Fugitive Slave law was in effect, but most folks in Macomb County didn’t care. Two years later, in 1847, John Sella Martin, also a fugitive, lectured in Romeo at the First Congregational Church. Martin also was safe from his slave catchers. Neither of these men had to be hidden in secret slave safe houses by conductors on the Under Ground Railroad. We can be proud of the folks in Romeo for their understanding of the evils of slavery. R. Beringer, Romeo Historical Society staff