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Carte-de-visite

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A small photographic portrait format popular in the nineteenth century, used by African American leaders like Sojourner Truth to distribute images that countered stereotypes and promoted their causes.

AP course connection

Topic 2.21: 2.21 Legacies of Resistance in African American Art and Photography

Unit 2

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