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Behind the Scenes: Formerly a Slave, but More Recently Modiste, and Friend to Mrs. Lincoln; Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House (The Lakeside Classics)
Behind the Scenes Formerly a Slave but More Recently Modiste and Friend to Mrs Lincoln Or Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House - The Lakeside Classics Author:Elizabeth Keckley Formerly a slaveBorn into slavery, Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (ca. 1824-1907) rose to a position of respect as a talented dressmaker to the political elite of Washington, D.C., and a confidante of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln. In this unusual memoir, Keckley offers a rare, behind-the-scenes view of the formal and informal networks that African Amer... more »icans established among themselves.« less