メトロポリタン美術館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (メトロポリタン美術館Instagram)「“I sell the Shadow to Support the Substance”⁣ ⁣ Today we celebrate #Juneteenth, commemorating June 19, 1865, also known as #EmancipationDay. While the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation declared all enslaved Black people free in the Confederate States, those slaveholding states loyal to the Union were exempt. On June 19, 1865, Texas, as the most remote of the states with an enslaved population, became the last state to enforce the federal order––making emancipation official for all across the nation.⁣ ⁣ In honor of Juneteenth, we’re taking a look at this photograph of activist Sojourner Truth. Born Isabella Baumfree to a family of enslaved persons in Swartekill, New York, Truth sits for one of the Civil War’s most iconic portraits in an anonymous photographer’s studio.⁣ ⁣ At the bottom of the card mount it reads: “I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance.” Truth used the image to promote and raise money for her many causes. The imprint on the reverse features a Michigan 1864 copyright in her name. By owning control of her image—her “shadow”—Sojourner Truth could sell it. ⁣ ⁣ She became one of the era’s most progressive advocates for African Americans after emancipation, for women’s suffrage, and for the medium of photography. At a human rights convention, Sojourner Truth commented that she “used to be sold for other people’s benefit, but now she sold herself for her own.”⁣ ⁣ Learn more about Juneteenth from @NMAAHC at the link in bio.⁣ ⁣ 📸 Photographer unknown. Sojourner Truth (American, ca. 1797–1883). "I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance," 1864. Albumen silver print from glass negative. @metphotographs⁣ ⁣ ⁣[Image description: A black and white photograph of activist Sojourner Truth in a dark dress and white shawl knitting while sitting next to a small table with a vase of flowers. An expanded view of the photo with the card mount note visible. The back of the card.]」6月19日 23時49分