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Carte-de-visite of Sojourner Truth

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A carte-de-visite portrait of Sojourner Truth, showing the subject seated with a daguerreotype of her grandson, James Caldwell of Co. H, 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, on her lap. Truth wears a dot print dress, striped jacket, dark-colored apron, a light-colored shawl over her shoulders, and a light-colored cap. She looks straight at the camera. Her proper right hand sits at her waist and her proper left hand appears to point at the daguerrotype lying open on her lap. There are no inscriptions on the front. On the back is the inscription [Sojourner Truth] and an identification number.
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Image
Format:
Albumen And Silver Nitrate On Photographic Paper
Rights:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
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National Museum of African American History and Culture

Record Harvested From

Smithsonian Institution

Keywords

  1. Abolitionist Movement
  2. African American
  3. African Americans
  4. Antislavery
  5. Caldwell, James
  6. Civil War
  7. Families
  8. Family
  9. Motherhood
  10. Photography
  11. Slaver
  12. Slavery
  13. Social Reform
  14. Truth, Sojourner
  15. U.S. History, Civil War, 1861 1865
  16. United States
  17. United States Colored Troops
  18. Women

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