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Sojourner Truth [carte de visite] noted on front “I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance.”
Sojourner Truth (c. 1797– 1883) was born into slavery and sold as a slave when she was nine years old. She escaped from slavery with her infant daughter in 1826. On June 1, 1843, she changed her name to Sojourner Truth and committed to devoting her…
Elizabeth Cady Stanton [carte de visite]
Portrait of Stanton taken by artist Napoleon Sarony (1821-1896). Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902) was the daughter of a lawyer and shaped by her father who desired another son. She became interested in abolitionism, temperance, and the women’s…