Behind the scenes, : or, thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House
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Behind the scenes, : or, thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House
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The work Behind the scenes, : or, thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
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- Behind the scenes, : or, thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House
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- or, thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House
- Statement of responsibility
- Elizabeth Keckley ; introduction and notes by William L. Andrews
- Subject
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- African American women -- United States -- Biography
- American Civil War and Reconstruction (18611877)
- Biography
- Biography & non-fiction prose
- Biography: general
- Ethnic studies
- History of the Americas
- Keckley, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882
- Slavery & abolition of slavery
- Slaves -- United States -- Biography
- United States of America, USA
- Women slaves -- United States -- Biography
- 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This fascinating autobiography describes one woman's life as a slave and subsequently her four years in Lincoln's White House during the Civil War.
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- StDuBDS
- Dewey number
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- 306.362092
- 306.3'62'092#
- 306.362092
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Penguin classics
- Summary expansion
- Originally published in 1868-when it was attacked as an "indecent book" authored by a "traitorous eavesdropper"-Behind the Scenes is the story of Elizabeth Keckley, who began her life as a slave and became a privileged witness to the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. Keckley bought her freedom at the age of thirty-seven and set up a successful dressmaking business in Washington, D.C. She became modiste to Mary Todd Lincoln and in time her friend and confidante, a relationship that continued after Lincoln's assassination. In documenting that friendship-often using the First Lady's own letters-Behind the Scenes fuses the slave narrative with the political memoir. It remains extraordinary for its poignancy, candor, and historical perspective.First time in Penguin Classics
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