Images

Bust of Sojourner Truth, bronze sculpture by Artis Lane, 2009. Emancipation Hall, Capitol Visitor Center, US Capitol. Truth is the first African American woman honored with statuary in the US Capitol.

House of Col. Johannes Hardenbergh, 1903. Hardenbergh was the master and owner of Sojourner Truth (known as Isabella Bomefree until she changed her name in 1843) from her birth on his land c. 1797 until his death in 1806. Illustration from...

Abraham Lincoln showing Sojourner Truth the Bible presented by colored people of Baltimore, Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., 29 October, 1864. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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...

Title page of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs, published in 1861.

Abolitionist and Quaker Amy Post in the 1860s. Amy Post is best known as the first person to suggest to Harriet Jacobs that she write her autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861). Photographer unknown; image included in...

Oil on canvas painted by Michele Cammarano in 1887 showing the battle of Dogali near Massawa, Eritrea. The battle was fought between Italian troops and those of the Ethiopian Empire in January 1887. Despite the fact Italy lost the battle...

Lydia Maria Child (l. 1802-1880), American author, abolitionist, human rights activist, and editor of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) by Harriet Jacobs, pictured here reading a book. Photograph by John A. Whipple, c. 1865. Library...

The Jacobs Free School, which offered tuition-free schooling to African-American children. Founded by Harriet Jacobs, the school was unique in being free to use and run by African-Americans (the head of the school was Harriet's daughter...

A cartoon in the French magazine "L'illustration" (January 3, 1885) presenting a critical view of the Berlin Conference of 1884-85. It depicts Otto von Bismarck (1815-98), Chancellor of Germany, cutting a cake labeled 'Africa' with a knife...