Behind the Scenes, or, Thirty Years a Slave, And Four Years in the White House

Type

Book

Authors

Elizabeth Keckley

ISBN 10

1434441946

ISBN 13

9781434441942

Tags

Ethnic & National, United States, American Civil War, Women, Abolition, Historical Study & Educational Resources, Women in History, Discrimination & Racism

Description

An autobiographical narrative, BEHIND THE SCENES traces Elizabeth Keckley's life from her enslavement in Virginia and North Carolina to her time as seamstress to Mary Todd Lincoln in the White House during Abraham Lincoln's administration. It was quite controversial at the time of its release--an uncompromising work that transgressed Victorian boundaries between public and private life, and lines of race, gender, and society. - from Amzon

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