Behind the scenes, or, Thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House /

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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Keckley, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907
Autores Corporativos: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library : Distributed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Press, 2011.
Edición:DocSouth books ed.
Temas:
Keckley, Elizabeth, > approximately 1818-1907.
Lincoln, Mary Todd, > 1818-1882 > Relations with African Americans.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Relations with African Americans.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
Lincoln, Mary Todd, > 1818-1882.
Keckley, Elizabeth, > approximately 1818-1907
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865
Lincoln, Mary Todd, > 1818-1882
African American women > Biography.
Enslaved women > United States > Biography.
Dressmakers > United States > Biography.
Enslaved persons > United States > Biography.
Noires américaines > Biographies.
Femmes esclaves > États-Unis > Biographies.
Couturiers > États-Unis > Biographies.
Esclaves > États-Unis > Biographies.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
African American women
Dressmakers
Relations with African Americans
Enslaved persons
Enslaved women
United States
Biographies
Biographies.
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