Portrait Gallery

Pinky - Rose Ward Hunt

Portrait Gallery:

H. W. Beecher:

A Biography of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher by by William Constantine Beecher, Samuel Scoville, and Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, 1888, pages 296-7.

Bill of Sale:

Bill of Sale: Sally Maria Diggs commonly called "Pink.", Febrary 8, 1860.

Newspapers:

An Interesting Scene In Plymouth Church — Purchase of a Slave by the Congregation, The New York Times, February 6, 1860.
Purchase of Slave in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Feb. 6, 1860.
Historic Slave Auction,The Dallas (Oregon) Daily Chronicle, Nov. 27, 1896.
Washington Woman Revealed as Famous Slave "Pinky", The Washington Evening Star, May 11, 1927.
Slave Girl Sold by Beecher Is Washington Lawyer's Wife, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 11, 1927
Mrs. Hunt, Former Slave Girl Pinky, Avoids Publicity, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 11, 1927.
Noted Character of Old Slave Days, New Britain Herald, May 11, 1927.
Bay Ridge Rector's Memory Skips Back to Sale of Pinky For Dr. Beecher's Pulpit, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday May 14, 1927
Aged Negro's ‘Tip’ Led to Dr. Durkee's Discovery of Mrs. Hunt, Famous Slave Girls ‘Pinky.’ Sold by Henry Ward Beecher., The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sunday May 15, 1927
Freed Slave Tells of 'Sale' by Beecher, The New York Times, May 16, 1927.
"Pinky" Thanks Plymouth For Freedom, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 16, 1927
Slave Girl Beecher "Sold For Freedom" In 1860 Dies, The Washington Evening Star, October 27, 1928.
Rosa Ward Hunt, The Washington Evening Star, October 27, 1928, Page 9.
Plymouth Church Gets Slave Auction Picture, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 22, 1932.
Slave Girl Sold to Brooklyn Bidders At Sensational Plymouth Church Auction, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, March 21, 1934.

Etc.