![[Egbert Gilliss Handy, 1858-1938, with Sarah].](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/thumb/wcl1ic/144/WCL000217/!250,250)
[Egbert Gilliss Handy, 1858-1938, with Sarah].
Half length portrait of an African American woman, looking down at a sleeping white infant she holds in her arms.; Title devised by cataloger from ms. note in case: "1858, Egbert Gilliss Handy in arms of Sarah, a slave given to Mary Jane Purnell as a wedding gift by her father. Sarah raised all of Dr. Handy's ten children, of whom Egbert Gilliss was no. 7. Sarah remained a loved member of the family until her marriage late in life."
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