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Abolitionist and women’s right activist Sojourner Truth, 1864.
Sojourner sold these cartes-de-visite at her lectures in order to support herself and pay off her debts. Cards were sold in two sizes for 33 cents and 50 cents ($7.60 and $11.50 in today’s money).
Read “Sojourner’s Ain’t I a Woman?” speech here.
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