About This Item

  • TitleOne of the Edmondson sisters
  • Call NumberCHUR_1281
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryPortrait of Ellen Mitchell, who along with her seven children was rescued from slavery by Plymouth Church in 1859 for the sum of $10,000.
  • Date1910
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 9 x 7 in.
  • Genrephotographic prints
  • NoteErroneous caption on recto, written in ink: "One of the Edmondson sisters redeemed from slavery by Plymouth Church, B'k'n contributions, Eagle, Feb. 6/10." Date stamp on verso: Feb. 6, 1910. Photograph retouched.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectPlymouth Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Congregational churches ; Portraits ; Slaves
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.