Mar 31, 2016 - Sale 2408

Sale 2408 - Lot 116

Price Realized: $ 2,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--PHOTOGRAPHY.) Runaway slave woman (supplied title). Carte-de-visite photograph of a woman wrapped in rags, possibly made from a couple of feed bags. Troy, NY: Minor B. King, circa 1859-65
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like the man in the previous photograph, this woman could very possibly be a runaway. She is wearing a hastily made cover for her otherwise naked body; there appears to be an abrasion beneath her left knee, and her expression is one of resignation and sadness.