Behind the scenes, Elizabeth Keckley, ca. 1818-1907
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Behind the scenes, Elizabeth Keckley, ca. 1818-1907
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eng
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fiction
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Behind the scenes
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electronic resource
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Elizabeth Keckley, ca. 1818-1907
Summary
This book contains Elizabeth Keckley's 1868 work, "Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House". Half memoir, half fiction, this volume chronicles Keckley's time spent as a slave and her later life in the White House during the American Civil War. This fascinating volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in American history. Contents include: "Where I was born", "Girlhood and its Sorrow", "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", et cetera. Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (1818-1907) was a slave, seamstress, civil activist and author. Many vintage books such as this were increasingly scarce or expensive. This volume is now republished in an available, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author
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adult
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Subject
- Davis, Varina, 1826-1906
- Slaves -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Freedmen -- Southern States -- Biography
- Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882
- African Americans -- Southern States -- Biography
- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
- Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882 -- Correspondence
- Electronic books
- Keckley, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907 -- Correspondence
- Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
- Slaves' writings, American -- Southern States
- Keckley, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907
- Plantation life -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
- Presidents' spouses -- Correspondence
- Slaves -- Southern States -- Biography -- 19th century
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- Davis, Varina, 1826-1906
- Slaves -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Freedmen -- Southern States -- Biography
- Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882
- African Americans -- Southern States -- Biography
- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
- Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882 -- Correspondence
- Electronic books
- Keckley, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907 -- Correspondence
- Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
- Slaves' writings, American -- Southern States
- Keckley, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907
- Plantation life -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
- Presidents' spouses -- Correspondence
- Slaves -- Southern States -- Biography -- 19th century
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