About This Item

  • TitleSally Maria Diggs, at time of auction in 1860.
  • Call NumberCHUR_0091
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryPortrait (wood engraving) of Sally Maria Diggs, known as "Pinky," sitting on floor. On right: stool with shawl and fur rug on floor. On left: small chest open, cloth on top. "Pinky," a slave girl, was freed from slavery at an auction by Henry Ward Beecher at Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims, 75 Hicks Street, in 1860.
  • Date1934
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 x 9 in.
  • Genredrawings (visual works)Ink drawings [gmgpc]photographic printswood engravings (prints)
  • NoteOn verso: "Pinky at time of auction in 1860." On verso: date inscribed: March 21/34. Retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectPlymouth Church of the Pilgrims (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Congregational churches ; Portraits ; Enslaved children ; Enslaved persons--Emancipation ; Hunt, Rose Ward
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.