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“I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance” Abolitionist, preacher and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth, 1864 Sojourner Truth (née Isabella Baumfree) was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, in 1787. In 1826, she escaped to freedom with her infant daughter. A young son she left behind was illegally sold and taken to Alabama, where he was cruelly abused. Truth went to court to sue for his freedom and won her case. Her son was returned to her. Library of Congress Manuscript Division, Sojourner Truth Collection 

“I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance”

Abolitionist, preacher and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth, 1864

Sojourner Truth (née Isabella Baumfree) was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, in 1787. In 1826, she escaped to freedom with her infant daughter. A young son she left behind was illegally sold and taken to Alabama, where he was cruelly abused. Truth went to court to sue for his freedom and won her case. Her son was returned to her.

Library of Congress Manuscript Division, Sojourner Truth Collection 

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June 23, 2012
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Harriet Tubman, full-length portrait, seated in chair, facing front, probably at her home in Auburn, New York, 1911 Illustration in: Scrapbooks of Elizabeth Smith Miller and Anne Fitzhugh Miller, Elizabeth Smith Miller. New York: Geneva, 1897-1911, section 16, no. 9, p. 47. National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection (Library of Congress).

Harriet Tubman, full-length portrait, seated in chair, facing front, probably at her home in Auburn, New York, 1911

Illustration in: Scrapbooks of Elizabeth Smith Miller and Anne Fitzhugh Miller, Elizabeth Smith Miller. New York: Geneva, 1897-1911, section 16, no. 9, p. 47.

National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection (Library of Congress).

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