Behind the Scenes: Or Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House by Elizabeth Keckley

Behind the Scenes: Or Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House

Elizabeth Keckley

184 pages first pub 1868 (editions)

nonfiction biography history memoir informative medium-paced

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Behind the Scenes: or Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House was first published in 1868 and is considered one of the most candid and poignant slave narratives. Author Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley writes about her teenage years, working...

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