About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_1280
  • TitleSally Maria Diggs, at time of auction in 1860.
  • SummaryPortrait of young girl, Sally Maria Diggs, sitting on the floor of a room gazing at a ring in her hand. Caption reads: Sally Maria Diggs, known as "Pink, sold for freedom (a slave) from the pulpit of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn. Eagle, Feb. 7, 1910." Sally was later known as Rose Ward Hunt. Heavily retouched photograph of a wood engraving, see CHUR_0091.
  • Date1910
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genrephotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto, written in ink: "Sally Maria Diggs, known as 'Pink' sold for freedom (a slave) from the pulpit of Plymouth Church - B'klyn, Eagle, Feb. 7, 1910." On verso: date stamped: Feb. 6, 1920; date inscribed: May 10/27. Retouched. Title from inscription on recto.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectPlymouth Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Congregational churches ; Portraits ; Enslaved children ; Enslaved persons ; Hunt, Rose Ward
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Churches: Congregational: Plymouth: Slaves