Another rare photo of Harriet Tubman has been released by a Maryland tour group, this one capturing her at the age of about 70.
Alex Green, owner of聽,聽told 水果派AV the 1892 photo聽 from an edition of The Household Magazine.
Tubman is pictured聽wearing a dark dress with a decorative collar and a hair pin. Below the photo, she is referred to as "Harriet, the Modern Moses, now living in Auburn, N.Y."
An article with the photo includes a lengthy quote from Tubman about her visit as a teen to the Bucktown General Store in Dorchester County, where she was struck in the head by a 2-pound weight thrown by a slaveowner at another enslaved person. The weight fractured her skull, resulting in epilepsy and what she believed were spiritual visions that she experienced for the rest of her life.
Green noted that the quote is an example of "plantation dialect," which racistly stylizes the speech of Black people.聽
Tubman biographer聽Kate Clifford Larson聽posted the photo on her Facebook page on Wednesday, the civil rights icon "beautiful" and commenting, "such style!" The biographer thanked Green and his wife, Lisa, for finding the photo. In comments below her post, Larson expressed hope that the original could be found as well.
Harriet Tubman Tours previously released a rare photo of the group's namesake in December. That photo, from 1908, pictured her standing in front of her home on South Street in Auburn.聽
Green said he hopes the photos generate more interest in Tubman, her life and her work to achieve freedom for all.
"I thought it'd be interesting to move the needle forward with her wonderful life," he told 水果派AV in December. "History has so much to catch up to."
Gallery: Photographs of Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman in 1892.
Harriet Tubman Tours
Harriet Tubman, circa 1908, in a new picture released by Harriet Tubman Tours in Cambridge, Maryland.
Harriet Tubman Tours
A photo of Harriet Tubman, circa 1865-1868.
Swann Galleries
Harriet Tubman, circa 1871-1876.
David Wilcox
Harriet Tubman, left, with slaves she freed during the Civil War, circa 1885.
The New York Times
Harriet Tubman, circa 1895.
National Park Service
Harriet Tubman in 1911.
Library of Congress
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