Cabinet card of Sojourner Truth
date: label: Date
content: 1864
name: label: Created by
content: Sojourner Truth, American, 1797 - 1883
label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Sojourner Truth, American, 1797 - 1883
notes: label: Description
content: 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: label: Place purchased
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Antislavery
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Abolitionist movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.207.1
objectType: label: Type
content: cabinet photographs
label: Type
content: albumen prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: albumen and silver on photographic paper on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 5 1/2 x 4 in. (14 x 10.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (16.5 x 10.8 cm)