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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)
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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) (1868) (edit title/settings)

by Frances Smith Foster (Author), Elizabeth Keckley (Author) (edit contributors)

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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... read more

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MY life has been an eventful one.

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  1. Frances Smith Foster (Author)
  2. Elizabeth Keckley (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: G. W. Carleton & co
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1868
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 371

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  • Library of Congress: E457.15 .K26
  • Dewey: 973.7092

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  • New York Times Article about this book: When Elizabeth Keckley, a former slave turned professional dressmaker and confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln, published her memoir, “Behind the Scenes,” in 1868, the response was vitriolic. One Washington reviewer called Mrs. Keckley “treacherous” and asked: “What family of eminence that employs a Negro is safe from such desecration? Where will it end?”

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