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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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The remarkable story of the former slave who became Mary Todd Lincoln's dressmaker and closest confidante Born into slavery in Virginia, Elizabeth Keckley was whipped, sexually abused, and separated from her mother for long stretches of time. When her master eventually settled in St. Louis, Missouri, Keckley resolved to buy her freedom. She put to use her talents as a seamstress and found patrons among the wives of the city's elite, eventually earning enough money to move with her young son to Washington, DC. In the nation's capital, Keckley started her own business and soon had commissions from the wives of Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, S… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-4804-7482-6
  • EAN: 9781480474826
  • Produktnummer: 20682915
  • Verlag: Open Road Media
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
  • Seitenangabe: 180 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 1'898 KB

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Elizabeth Keckley (1818–1907) was a dressmaker, civil rights activist, and entrepreneur who escaped a life of slavery to become the close confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln. She is best remembered for her memoir, Behind the Scenes:Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Fours Years in the White House.

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