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Elizabeth Keckley

Behind the Scenes

Or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House

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Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (sometimes spelled Keckly; February 1818 - May 1907) was a former slave who became a successful seamstress, civil activist, and author in Washington, DC. She was best known as the personal modiste and confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln, the First Lady. Keckley had moved to Washington in 1860 after buying her freedom and that of her son in St. Louis. She created an independent business in the capital based on clients who were the wives of the government elite. Among them were Varina Davis, wife of Jefferson Davis; and Mary Anna Custis Lee, wife of Robert E. Lee.After the American Civil War, Keckley wrote and published an a… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-61895-881-5
  • EAN: 9781618958815
  • Produktnummer: 32681756
  • Verlag: Bibliotech Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
  • Seitenangabe: 152 S.
  • Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.8 cm 231 g
  • Abbildungen: Paperback
  • Gewicht: 231

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