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Behind the Scenes - Elizabeth Keckley

By Elizabeth Keckley

Release Date: 2019-06-24

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

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First published in 1868, ā€œBehind the Scenes: or, Thirty Years a Slave, And Four Years in the White Houseā€ is the intimate autobiography of Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley, a former slave who became a successful seamstress and eventual close confidante and friend of Mary Todd Lincoln. Keckley was born into slavery in 1818 and suffered great hardship and abuse at the hands of her master and the white citizens of Hillsborough, North Carolina. She earned enough money as a talented dressmaker to buy freedom for herself and her son in 1855 and eventually settled in Washington D. C., where she sewed dresses for the wives of many famous politicians, such as Jefferson Davisā€™s wife, Varina. It was this work that brought her into contact with the newly elected President Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary. Keckley would go on to develop a close working and personal relationship with Mrs. Lincoln that spanned decades. Controversial after its publication for the deeply personal portrait of the private lives of the Lincolns, ā€œBehind the Scenesā€ remains a fascinating and historically significant account of slavery, the challenges facing African-American women during the 19th century, and the daily life of one of Americaā€™s most important presidents and his family.

Behind the Scenes - Elizabeth Keckley

By Elizabeth Keckley

Release Date: 2019-06-24

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

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First published in 1868, ā€œBehind the Scenes: or, Thirty Years a Slave, And Four Years in the White Houseā€ is the intimate autobiography of Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley, a former slave who became a successful seamstress and eventual close confidante and friend of Mary Todd Lincoln. Keckley was born into slavery in 1818 and suffered great hardship and abuse at the hands of her master and the white citizens of Hillsborough, North Carolina. She earned enough money as a talented dressmaker to buy freedom for herself and her son in 1855 and eventually settled in Washington D. C., where she sewed dresses for the wives of many famous politicians, such as Jefferson Davisā€™s wife, Varina. It was this work that brought her into contact with the newly elected President Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary. Keckley would go on to develop a close working and personal relationship with Mrs. Lincoln that spanned decades. Controversial after its publication for the deeply personal portrait of the private lives of the Lincolns, ā€œBehind the Scenesā€ remains a fascinating and historically significant account of slavery, the challenges facing African-American women during the 19th century, and the daily life of one of Americaā€™s most important presidents and his family.

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