Sojourner Truth seated with photograph of her grandson
Date:
C. 1864
Exhibit Description:
Albumen print of Sojourner Truth, formerly enslaved, seated with photograph of her grandson, James Caldwell of Company H, 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, on her lap. Caldwell was held as a prisoner-of-war by the Confederacy at James Island, South Carolina, 1863-1865.
Source:
Library of Congress
Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Liljenquist Family collection