Sojourner Truth
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Title
Sojourner Truth
Description
This portrait of Sojourner Truth is a carte de visite – a photograph mounted on a small card. This photograph of marks one of the first examples of personal advertising. Truth used photography in the form of the carte de visite as a way to raise money to support her private and social endeavors as a newly emancipated woman. Carte de visite were small, pocket-sized, inexpensive, and collectable cards that were custom to the sitter. Vying for the abolition of slavery and advocating for the rights of women Truth copyrighted her image and slogan, and used the proceeds from the sales to fund her speaking tours.
Creator
Unknown photographer
Source
Gladstone Collection
Publisher
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Date
1864
Format
Carte de visite (seated). 10 x 6 cm.
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UUID
437386e6-2ed3-4b97-ae4d-9654c156626c
Collection
Citation
Unknown photographer, “Sojourner Truth,” The Power of Portrayal: Envisioning Women's Representation, accessed April 29, 2024, https://cornellcolab.net/suffrage/items/show/7.