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This is a studio photograph of Josephine Braham Johnson, who was born June 18, 1838, near Gallatin, Tennessee. She was one of 13 children born to Harriet Braham, a slave. When Josephine was 13, she married Columbus Johnson, and they had their first child a year later. After they gained their freedom, the Johnson's bought a home in Gallatin. Later they purchased and built homes in Topeka and Dunlap, Kansas. In Dunlap, she had a boarding house and sold vegetables, chickens, eggs, milk, and butter. She died on April 6, 1910.
Date: 1889
Item Number: 228687
Call Number: 2013-122
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 228687
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1880s - 1889
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - African Americans - Slavery
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Dunlap
Places - Counties - Morris
Places - Other States - Tennessee
Type of Material - Photographs
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