| Contributor |
Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer. |
|
Sartain, John, 1808-1897, engraver. |
| Title |
Douglass, Margaret. |
| Alternate title |
[Margaret Douglass] / Daguerreotyped by Root.-- engraved by Sartain. |
| Publisher |
[Boston? : s.n.] |
| Date |
[1854?] |
| Physical description |
1 print : engraving ; 14.3 x 8.9 cm. |
| Description |
Waist-length portrait of Douglass. |
| Notes |
In Educational laws of Virginia / The personal narrative of Mrs. Margaret Douglass, a southern woman, who was imprisoned for
one month in the common jail of Norfolk, under the laws of Virginia, for the crime of teaching free colored children to read
(Boston, 1854), frontispiece.
|
|
Facsimile signature: Margaret Douglass. |
|
Douglass established a small school for free black children, teaching them to read and write in her home. For this offense,
she spent a month imprisoned in jail in Norfolk, Virginia.
|
| Genre |
Portrait prints -- 1850-1859. |
|
Engravings -- 1850-1859. |
| Subject |
Douglass, Margaret -- Portraits. |
|
African Americans -- Books and reading. |
|
Women educators. |
|
Afro-Americana. |
|
Women. |
| Is part of |
Portraits of American Women |
| Has format |
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