(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION BAUMFREE ISABELLA) SOJOURNER TRUTH I

Sale 2408 - Lot 78

Price Realized: $ 750

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

"I SELL THE SHADOW..." (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--BAUMFREE, ISABELLA). SOJOURNER TRUTH. I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance. Carte-de-visite photograph, on the original mount with the copyright notice on the reverse; small flaw to the emulsion in the lower left corner. Michigan, 1864

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Born into slavery on an upstate New York Dutch farm, Isabella Baumfree was later to rename herself 'Sojourner Truth.' This followed her declaration of her own freedom. She was a major figure in the struggle for emancipation and freedom.