Cabinet card of Sojourner Truth
- Created by
- Truth, Sojourner, American, 1797 - 1883
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Truth, Sojourner, American, 1797 - 1883
- Date
- 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)
- 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."
- Place purchased
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Identity
- Justice
- Slavery
- Social reform
- U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.207.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.