Ambrotype of Elisa Greenwell with handwritten note

early 1860s

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Washington, D.C., United States

The accompanying loose paper note (b) has handwritten text in black ink reading: "Elisa Greenwell resident of Philadelphia / runaway from the residence of / William Edelen of Leondardtown Md / in 1859". The reverse is blank.

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Title: Ambrotype of Elisa Greenwell with handwritten note
Date Created: early 1860s
Physical Dimensions: H x W (b): 3/4 × 2 13/16 in. (1.9 × 7.1 cm)
Subject Keywords: Photography, Resistance, Slavery, Self-liberation, Fugitive enslaved, Emancipation, Freedom
Medium: note (b): ink on paper

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