[EDUCATION]. CDV of Fanny Jackson Coppin (1837-1913) following graduation from Oberlin College, Ohio.
Sale 994 - African Americana
Feb 23, 2022
11:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$800 -
$1,200
Sold for $688
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[EDUCATION]. CDV of Fanny Jackson Coppin (1837-1913) following graduation from Oberlin College, Ohio.
2 1/8 x 3 1/4 in. (sight) CDV on cardstock mount (light toning and spotting, adhesive discoloration to news clipping, bottom mount corners clipped). Lower portion of image with adhered newspaper clipping reading, "One of the lady graduates from Oberlin this year was born a slave in Washington, hired her time, bought her freedom, and prepared for college in Providence, R.I." 2-cent revenue stamp affixed on verso.
Fanny Jackson Coppin was a barrier-breaking freedom seeker and educator, becoming the second African American woman to graduate from Oberlin College in 1865. Coppin would go on to serve as Head Principal at the Institute for Colored Youth in Philadelphia, and to perform missionary work in Africa alongside her husband, Rev. Levi Coppin.
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