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Behind the scenes, or, Thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House
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Behind the scenes
Title
Behind the scenes, or, Thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House [electronic resource] / by Elizabeth Keckly.
ISBN
9780807869642
0807869643
9781469602905
1469602903
0807869635
9780807869635
9780807869635
Edition
DocSouth books ed.
Published
Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library : Distributed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Press, 2011.
Physical Description
1 online resource (164 pages) : portrait, facsimiles
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Notes
Prepared using the transcribed electronic text used in the "Documenting the American South" (DocSouth)--Project
Originally published: New York : G.W. Carleton & Co., 1868.
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Summary
This is the life story of Elizabeth Keckley, a shrewd entrepreneur who, while enslaved, raised enough money to purchase freedom for herself and her son. Keckley moved to Washington, D.C., where she worked as a seamstress and dressmaker for the wives of influential politicians. She eventually became a close confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln. Several years after President Lincoln's assassination, when Mrs Lincoln's financial situation had worsened, Keckley helped organize an auction of the former first lady's dresses, eliciting strong criticism from members of the Washington elite.
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Behind the scenes
Thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House
Black women writers series. OCLC KB.
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Print version: Keckley, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907. Behind the scenes, or, thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House. DocSouth Books ed. Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library : Distributed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Press, 2011
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2023
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
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CONTENTS.
PREFACE.
BEHIND THE SCENES.
WHERE I WAS BORN.
GIRLHOOD AND ITS SORROWS.
HOW I GAINED MY FREEDOM.
In the Family of Senator Jefferson Davis.
MY INTRODUCTION TO MRS. LINCOLN.
WILLIE LINCOLN'S DEATH-BED.
WASHINGTON IN 1862-3.
CANDID OPINIONS.
BEHIND THE SCENES.
THE SECOND INAUGURATION.
THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
MRS. LINCOLN LEAVES THE WHITE HOUSE.
THE ORIGIN OF THE RIVALRY BETWEEN MR. DOUGLAS AND MR. LINCOLN.
OLD FRIENDS.
THE SECRET HISTORY OF MRS. LINCOLN'S WARDROBE IN NEW YORK. APPENDIX.
LETTERS FROM MRS. LINCOLN TO MRS. KECKLEY.
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Genre/Form
Biographies.
Biographies.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library.
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