Edition |
DocSouth books ed. |
Description |
1 online resource (164 pages) : portrait, facsimiles |
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data file rda |
Note |
Prepared using the transcribed electronic text used in the "Documenting the American South" (DocSouth)--Project. |
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Originally published: New York : G.W. Carleton and Company, 1868. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
""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."" |
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""THE SECRET HISTORY OF MRS. LINCOLN'S WARDROBE IN NEW YORK.""""APPENDIX.""; ""LETTERS FROM MRS. LINCOLN TO MRS. KECKLEY."" |
Summary |
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 a close confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln. Several years after President Lincoln's assassination, when Mrs Lincoln's financial situation had worsened, Keckley helped organize an auction of the former first lady's dresses, eliciting strong criticism from members of the Washington elite. |
Genre/Form |
Biography.
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Subject |
Relations with African Americans. (OCoLC)fst01354226
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. (OCoLC)fst00030184
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Dressmakers -- United States -- Biography.
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Electronic books.
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HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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Keckley, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907. (OCoLC)fst01828171
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
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Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography.
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African American women. (OCoLC)fst00799438
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Keckley, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907.
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Enslaved women -- United States -- Biography.
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Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882. (OCoLC)fst00017436
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Dressmakers. (OCoLC)fst00897998
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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African American women -- Biography.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Relations with African Americans.
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Enslaved persons. (OCoLC)fst01120522
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Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882 -- Relations with African Americans.
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Women slaves. (OCoLC)fst01178532
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Added Author |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library.
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Added Title |
Behind the scenes
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Behind the scenes |
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Thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House |
Other Form: |
Print version: Keckley, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907. Behind the scenes, or, thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House. DocSouth Books ed. Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library : Distributed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Press, 2011 9780807869635 (OCoLC)789248626 |
ISBN |
9780807869642 (electronic bk.) |
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0807869643 (electronic bk.) |
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9781469602905 (electronic bk.) |
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1469602903 (electronic bk.) |