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Sojourner Truth: 1864 Carte de Visite (CDV) With Printed Caption. CDV of the abolitionist and women's rights activist. Caption below reads, "I Sell The Shadow to Support the Substance/ Sojourner Truth". Verso is inscribed, "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 Mich." A rare original photo of escaped slave Sojourner Truth, the first black woman to win a trial against a white man in order to reclaim her son who had been sold into slavery.

Condition: Light wear with toning, overall very good.


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Auction Dates
February, 2023
25th-26th Saturday-Sunday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 20
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Sold on Feb 25, 2023 for: $4,500.00
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