Sally Maria Diggs (c.1851[1] – October 27, 1928[2]) was an enslaved African-American girl, also known as "Pinky", whose freedom was famously bought by Henry Ward Beecher in 1860, during a sermon at Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, NYC.
[4] A parishioner named Rose Terry donated a ring toward Diggs' freedom.
[5] The episode was celebrated in a number of paintings and drawings at the time, including Eastman Johnson's "Freedom Ring.
"[6] Diggs later attended Howard University and married a lawyer named James Hunt, at which point she became Rose Ward Hunt.
[1] In 2010, sculptor Meredith Bergmann crafted a bust of Diggs.