Cabinet card of Sojourner Truth, wearing a dark dress and a white shawl and cap, holding her knitting in her hand. Photograph taken in 1864, restored by Adam Cuerden.
Beneath her image is a printed caption that reads: "I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance / Sojourner Truth."
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C.
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