About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0103
  • TitlePlymouth Church, bill of sale for child named "Pink."
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CHUR 0104, CHUR 0105), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three-page handwritten document. Label: "'Liberation Document' giving freedom to Sally Maria Diggs, known as 'Pinky,' the nine year old slave girl sold by Henry Ward Beecher from Plymouth Pulpit, Brooklyn, in 1860, who will be presented at the [Annive]rsary Services in Plymouth Church on the evening of Sunday, [May 15]".
  • Date1927
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso of 0105. On verso: date inscribed: May 15/27.
  • SubjectPlymouth Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Congregational churches ; Slaves -- Emancipation ; 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: Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims: Slaves