AMANDA BERRY SMITH FORMER SLAVE BLACK EVANGELIST ANTI SLAVERY ENGLAND CDV PHOTO

CARTE DE VISITE (CDV) OF AMANDA BERRY SMITH. This CDV was most likely taken during her stay in England (see highlighted information in biographical information at bottom). At bottom of mount, on front: ALFRED PETTITT, KESWICK. Backmark: ALFRED PETTITT Denwentwaten PORTRAIT & LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHIC ESTABLISHMENT AND THE LAKE DISTRICT FINE ART Gallery ST.

Approximately 4 x 2 1/2 inches. Photo: Mottled with lots of spots. A large spot of discoloration on her cheek, left side.

Slight discoloration along top edge. Mount: Wear at lower left corner and along bottom edge. Light wear at top corners. Some soiling and a scuff mark on back. Beautiful lighting on her face. Amanda Berry Smith (1837 1915) was a former slave who became an inspiration to thousands of women, both black and white... Growing up, Amanda had the advantage of learning to read and write...

Unlike many other enslaved children and adults, Amanda had the privilege of learning at an early age... She worked hard as a cook and a washerwoman to provide for herself and her daughter after her husband was killed in the American Civil War. She became well known for her beautiful voice and inspired teaching and hence, opportunities to evangelize in the South and West opened up for her. Wherever she traveled, she wore a plain poke bonnet and a brown or black Quaker wrapper, and she carried her own carpetbag suitcase... In 1876, she was invited to speak and sing in England traveling on a first class cabin provided by her friends.

The captain invited her to conduct a religious service on board and she was so modest that the other passengers spread word of her and resulted in her staying in England and Scotland for a year and a half. She next traveled to and ministered in India, then spent eight years in Africa working with churches and evangelizing...

As a strong proponent of the Temperance Movement both in Africa and in the United States, she was invited by noted temperance advocate Rev. Theodore Ledyard Cuyler to preach at his Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn New York, then the largest church in its denomination. Upon her return from Africa, Amanda funded her own memorable opportunity. She funded The Amanda Smith Orphanage and Industrial Home for Abandoned and Destitute Colored Children. It was an institution for the poor and friendless colored children in a suburban neighborhood in Chicago...

Her autobiography was published in 1893. The item "AMANDA BERRY SMITH FORMER SLAVE BLACK EVANGELIST ANTI SLAVERY ENGLAND CDV PHOTO" is in sale since Friday, April 22, 2016. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Cultures & Ethnicities\Black Americana\Photos".

The seller is "genest" and is located in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. This item can be shipped worldwide.