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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Detalles Bibliográficos
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.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.
  • THE SECRET HISTORY OF MRS. LINCOLN'S WARDROBE IN NEW YORK. APPENDIX.
  • LETTERS FROM MRS. LINCOLN TO MRS. KECKLEY.

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