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Keckley, Elizabeth (ca. 1818-1907) Behind the scenes. By Elizabeth Keckley, formerly a slave, yet more recently modiste, and friend to Mrs. Abraham Lincoln...

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05839 Author/Creator: Keckley, Elizabeth (ca. 1818-1907) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Book Date: 1868 Pagination: 1 v. : 379 p. ; 19 x 13.3 cm. Order a Copy

(title continues)... or, thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House. 371 pages, followed by eight pages of advertisements. Published by G. W. Carleton & Co. Contains a print of Keckley opposite title page. Discusses her service to Jefferson Davis, among other topics. Appendix includes letters from Mary Lincoln to Keckley.

Keckley, Elizabeth, fl. 1818-1907
Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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