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

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.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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504 |a Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0 |a About This Edition -- Summary -- 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. 
505 8 |a THE SECRET HISTORY OF MRS. LINCOLN'S WARDROBE IN NEW YORK. APPENDIX. -- LETTERS FROM MRS. LINCOLN TO MRS. KECKLEY. 
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