Seeing Truth with Gwendolyn Shaw
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PORTRAITS
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Publication Date |
Jun 09, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:20:23

After 'walking away' from slavery, abolitionist Sojourner Truth chose her own name, told her own story at speaking engagements, and sued for her young son's freedom. (She won.) The Gallery’s senior historian, Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, says there’s something else she took control of— her portrait.

You can see the carte de visite we discuss here: https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.79.209

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