Cabinet card of Sojourner Truth

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Cabinet card of Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth, American, 1797 - 1883

Unidentified

1864

Cabinet card depicting Sojourner Truth seated, wearing a dark dress and a white shawl and cap. Her right arm is folded at the waist, her left arm is resting on a small table. She holds knitting in her left hand. On the table are a book and a vase of flowers. Beneath her image is a printed caption that reads "I sell the shadow to support the substance/ Sojourner Truth." On the back in the center is a block of printed text that reads "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1864, by SOJOURNER TRUTH, in the clerk's office, of the U.S. District Court, for the Eastern District of Michigan."

Justice

Women

Social reform

Abolitionist movement

U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865

Antislavery

Group identity

Truth, Sojourner

African Americans

African American

Identity

Slavery

Smithsonian Institution

image

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Justice

Women

Social reform

Abolitionist movement

U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865

Antislavery

Group identity

Truth, Sojourner

African Americans

African American

Identity

Slavery