New view of anti-slavery heroine

A carte-de-visite album of the 1860s containing a previously unknown photograph of the abolitionist heroine Harriet Tubman was one of the high points of the March 30 sale held by Swann (25/20/12% buyer’s premium).

It was the earlier of two portraits of Tubman, who helped escaped slaves via the ‘Underground Rail…

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