Cabinet card of Sojourner Truth

Object Details

Description: 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."

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

1864

Medium: albumen and silver on photographic paper on cardboard
Dimensions: H x W (image): 5 1/2 x 4 in. (14 x 10.2 cm); H x W (card): 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (16.5 x 10.8 cm)

Place purchased: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects; Media Arts-Photography
Movement: Abolitionist movement
Exhibition: Slavery and Freedom
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic: African American; Antislavery; Identity; Justice; Slavery; Social reform; U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865; Women

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d7bed0ec-7974-42ee-a5f7-835669f2fa06