Behind the Scenes: Formerly a Slave, But More Recently Modiste, and a Friend to Mrs. Lincoln, Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in by Elizabeth Keckley

Behind the Scenes: Formerly a Slave, But More Recently Modiste, and a Friend to Mrs. Lincoln, Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in

Elizabeth Keckley

270 pages • first pub 1868 (editions)

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Born into slavery, Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley rose to a position of respect as a talented dressmaker and designer to the political elite of Washington, DC, and a confidante of First Lady, Mary Todd Lincoln. This memoir offers a behind-the-scenes view...

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